Tucked away in Alaska’s remote northwestern corner, Nome stands as a frontier outpost where reality and fantasy blur into something extraordinary.

The Great Faceologist event in Where Winds Meet lets players put the character creator to the test, showcasing creative ...

Today marks the shortest day and longest night of the year as the sun reaches its lowest point in the Northern Hemisphere sky ...

Aircraft do not fly according to the straight lines shown on flat maps. Instead, they follow great circle routes, which ...

Comet 3I/ATLAS, the third interstellar object ever detected, reached its closest point to Earth overnight from Thursday to Friday (Dec. 18 to 19), and it remains in a good viewing position tonight.

The world’s polar bear population is projected to decline by two-thirds by 2050. A new study from the University of East Anglia suggests that polar bears are undergoing rapid genetic changes, and ...

Winter is coming; some of that seasonal weather has already arrived. It starts on Sunday, Dec 21, and ends Friday, Mar 20, 2026. You don’t often get to meet someone who has stood at the South Pole. It ...

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Scientists say bears in southern Greenland differ genetically to those in the north, suggesting they could adjust Changes in polar bear DNA that could help the animals adapt to warmer climates have ...

Do you believe in Santa? If not, you might find yourself on a train heading toward the North Pole in order to help you believe, or this might just sound like the plot of "The Polar Express" to you.

A polar vortex is bringing another round of frigid, Arctic air to the Eastern United States. Temperatures across Tennessee are expected to drop into the low 20s and upper teens over the weekend. There ...

Nearly all of New England has seen its share of frigid cold days and record mountain snow so far this November — and looking ahead, we’re about to get hit with another blast of Arctic air from a ...