The speed is more than enough to put human life and infrastructure at risk,” Alexander Handwerger, a landslide scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, said.

Governor Hochul said emergency workers were responding to the fires around the Pine Barrens, a wooded area that is home to ...

A lunar eclipse is an alignment of the Earth, moon and sun where the moon passes through the Earth's shadow, or umbra. As it does, the moon will appear to darken and take on a crimson shade of red.

Fast-moving brush fires fanned by high winds burned through a large swath of land on New York's Long Island on Saturday, prompting the evacuation of a military base and the closure of a major highway.

As of Sunday morning, the Long Island brush fire was 80% contained, but wind gusts of up to 40 mph continue to threaten the ...

Millions of people across the nation will be able to watch a rare total lunar eclipse when the full moon in March slips ...

NEW YORK • NASA is switching off two science instruments on its long-running twin Voyager spacecraft to save power. The space ...

Referred to as a "blood moon" because of its reddish and orange hue, this is North America's lone total lunar eclipse of 2025, according to NASA. Local astronomy experts say New Yorkers should have a ...

A state of emergency has been declared in New York on Saturday as brush fires continue to spread across Long Island, forcing ...

U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, said last week that he would not endorse a candidate until after the ...

An arson investigation is underway on Long Island after a series of brush fires over the weekend injured at least two ...