The newly found tektites in Brazil are named "geraisites," after the east coast Brazilian state of Minas Gerais where they ...

You can see the Catskills in New York, the Green Mountains in Vermont, and on exceptionally clear days, even peaks in New ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You might have heard media reports describing how shower doors have shattered spontaneously inside homes. While there are rare ...

Broken glass shower door with chrome handle on the tiled floor of a bathroom - Towfiqu ahamed barbhuiya/Shutterstock You might have heard media reports describing how shower doors have shattered ...

This weekend, much of the United States is expecting to be hit with a polar vortex with extreme cold — cold that's icy, bone-chilling and … explosive? As people prepare for these frigid temperatures, ...

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 ...

Every time arctic air drops south, and temperatures plummet well below zero, social media lights up with a scary (and slightly cinematic) rumor called "exploding trees." Videos circulate of loud, ...

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 ...

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 ...