Monday, October 15, 2012: A large coronal mass ejection erupted from the sun Oct. 4-5, 2012, hurling energetic particles into the Earth’s magnetosphere, producing many beautiful auroral displays on ...

While September sales was an exercise in "how many plug-ins did your favorite automaker clear off their lots?" October was, "how deep was the discounting on 2013 model year EV offerings". And for ...

For several years now, SCOTUSblog has been producing a memorandum at the conclusion of each Term that summarizes key statistical trends at the Court. This year’s summary memo is now ready, and you can ...

Astrophotographers Heather and Michael Cory sent in this photo taken from their deck on MacLean Lake, Severn, ON, Canada, on Oct. 8, 2012. This image of the California fireball was taken on Oct. 17, ...

The number is out and it's good. 171K net new jobs came in way above expectations. However, unemployment rose to 7.9%. S&P futures up 5 points. There were also strong revisions to previous months, ...

• It's the best month overall in the Diamond Exclusive Era (1997-present) by a long stretch. Orders topped $47 million; the previous record (set in May) was beaten by probably $2.5 million. This puts ...

Did all of these factors stymie an automotive recovery 16 months in the making? It appears so. Sales rose just 5.8% for the top seven automakers — the Detroit Three plus Toyota, Honda, Nissan and ...

Chemical spill South Korea's government has designated the area around a chemical spill in the southeastern city of Gumi a special disaster zone. The 8 October announcement came nearly 2 weeks after ...

Canada quake An earthquake off the west coast of Canada on 27 October triggered tsunami warnings for the Pacific. The magnitude-7.7 quake, centred close to the Queen Charlotte Islands, caused no major ...

According to NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center State of the Climate Report, post-tropical cyclone Sandy made landfall with a central minimum pressure of 946 millibars—potentially a record low for ...