The Arctic polar vortex is a circle of strong, cold winds that picks up every winter over the North Pole. The vortex is always present, but it strengthens in the winter due to a redistribution of ...

Chimney Rock, North Carolina, was unrecognizable after Hurricane Helene swept through, bringing mudslides and flash flooding that ripped apart homes. At the time, it took hours and an escort for ...

Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the U.S. East Coast and has turned into a frightening storm, according to an astronaut on the International Space Station.

Western North Carolina is still recovering from Hurricane Helene's havoc, but the town of Lake Lure aims to have debris cleared this summer with the help of the Army Corps of Engineers.

Chimney Rock, North Carolina, is still blocked off to visitors after Hurricane Helene destroyed the area, but roads are being rebuilt and people are trying to bring their businesses back to life.

Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina due to the storm, according to officials. The missing include one person ...

The magnitude 1.2 star Deneb passed close to the celestial north pole 18,000 years ago according to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and will again around the year 9,800 CE, at which ...

Around 1900, the pole was over Canada, but it has since shifted 2,000 km toward Siberia at a rate of 50–60 km per year. Credit: IIG Earth’s magnetic north pole has been shifting, and this ...

Six months after Hurricane Helene destroyed communities across the Southeast, five people remain missing in North Carolina due to the storm, according to officials. The missing include one person ...