Surfing has many different types of waves. Some are named due to what’s happening on the ocean floor, others are named for the look of the wave or some simply by geographic location. There are many ...

Eight days ago, it rained over the western Pacific Ocean near Japan. There was nothing especially remarkable about this rain event, yet it made big waves twice. First, it disturbed the atmosphere in ...

Until recently, gravitational waves could have been a figment of Einstein’s imagination. Before they were detected, these ripples in spacetime existed only in the physicist’s general theory of ...

Did you know that the world around us is filled with different types of light waves ? From the warm glow of the sun to audible radio waves and invisible gamma rays, electromagnetic waves (action ...

Astronomers have discovered a new type of stellar object that could change their understanding of extreme celestial bodies in the universe. Initially, Curtin University doctoral student Tyrone ...

On July 29, an 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit off Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. It prompted tsunami warnings across the Pacific region. Tsunami waves reached Hawaii and the West Coast but evacuation ...