Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As an atmospheric scientist, I study and teach about extreme weather and its risks. Here’s how hail forms, how hailstorms may be ...

New attribution research shows how extra heat in the atmosphere can turn thunderstorms into factories for dangerous, softball-size hail.

LEVELLAND, Texas — Dozens of researchers are chasing, driving and running into storms to collect fresh hail, getting their car bodies and their own bodies dented in the name of science. They hope ...

SHAMROCK, Texas (AP) — As severe storms once again soak, twist and pelt the nation’s midsection, a team of dozens of scientists is driving into them to study one of the nation’s costliest but ...

A multi-million-dollar research project led by Northern Illinois University is investigating hailstorms by collecting over 10,000 hailstones across 24 storms in 11 states. Hail causes more damage than ...

This is an all out exploration of hail storms from the ground up. Our data from aloft will be combined with the data on the ground, which is also combined with radar trucks away from the storm. In the ...

INSIDE A TEXAS HAILSTORM (AP) — Wind roared against the SUV’s windows as its tires sloshed through water dumped onto the road by the downpour. A horizon-wide funnel cloud loomed out the window, ...

Ryan Gosling and the Project Hail Mary team visited Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to discuss the film's scientific accuracy. Discover how real astronauts and scientists are helping Hollywood ...