With a major winter storm about to blast pretty much every US state east of the Rocky Mountains, many are scrambling to prepare for the cold, ice, and snow. And according to popular meteorology ...

North Jerseyans should be aware of the effects of extreme cold this weekend, from frostbite and numbness to ... exploding trees? That last item is a possibility, according to a viral post on X from ...

John Seiler was strolling across Virginia Tech’s campus with his students Thursday morning when something stopped them in their tracks: a sweet cherry tree with an unusual jagged scar running along ...

Experts say trees do not explode but can crack loudly due to rapid temperature changes. This phenomenon, known as "frost cracking," occurs when tree sap freezes and expands. Young trees, thin-barked ...

As Wisconsin and much of the upper Midwest prepare for rapidly dropping subzero temperatures, some viral social media posts warn people to watch out for "exploding trees." The phenomenon, while ...

A financial crisis could be triggered by an announcement that aliens exist, according to Helen McCaw, a former policy expert of the Bank of England. McCaw told The Times of London that politicians and ...

Scientists confirmed that the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, which passed closest to Earth in December 2025, showed no detectable technosignatures strong enough to suggest it is an alien spacecraft.

Scientists and NASA officials insist the object is a natural comet, not alien technology. Recent observations found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it was artificial. The comet made ...

Astronomers found no radio signals from the comet that would suggest it is an extraterrestrial spacecraft. 3I/ATLAS was confirmed as the third known object to enter our solar system from interstellar ...