Friday, July 1, 2011: This image, taken by NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), features several star-forming regions. There are five distinct centers of star birth in this one image ...

The crest of the extreme heat wave of July 2011 has passed, although temperatures are still going to be dangerously hot in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast today. New York City (Central Park) will reach ...

July was yet another busy month for global weather extremes. Highlights included record-busting heat in the central and eastern portions of the U.S.A. as well as in the Middle East and China.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011: The WISE team, who operates NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), suggests that cloud CG4 might be seen as a cosmic alligator or a giant red-nosed slug (but not ...