Greenland

Just for the record, a celestial dragon will not eat the sun on Aug. 12, 2026. Nor will a mythic wolf named Sköll chase the sun through the sky, catching it and biting it. And nor will the sun be swallowed by a giant squirrel. But don’t tell that to…

A Texas oil company with ties to Trump is preparing to drill for oil without permission from Greenland’s government. An oil storage facility at the harbour in Ilulissat, western Greenland, is pictured on June 28, 2022. ODD ANDERSEN / AFP via Getty Images After appearing to back off earlier this…

A demonstrator (C) holds a sign that reads "Make America go away" as others wave flags during a protest outside the US consulate in Nuuk, Greenland. File Photo Oscar Scott Carl/EPA Aug. 8 (UPI) -- Greenland has issued a "strong warning" to an American oil company linked to President Donald…

Today, Aug. 12, 2026, Europe will experience its first total solar eclipse since 1999, as the moon's shadow sweeps across Greenland, Iceland, northern Spain and the Balearic Islands. Along the narrow path of totality, day will briefly turn to twilight as the moon completely covers the sun, revealing its elusive…

The sun's atmosphere shines around the lunar disk during the climax of a total solar eclipse. (Image credit: Photo by Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) Get ready stargazers! We're just one week away from the total solar eclipse on Aug. 12, when millions of stargazers will be treated…

FILE - This image provided by NASA and captured by the Artemis II crew from lunar orbit, April 6, 2026, shows the Moon eclipsing the Sun. (NASA via AP, File) NASA via AP For the first time in more than a century, a total solar eclipse is coming to mainland…

President Donald Trump has predicted that Greenland will be under U.S. control by the time he leaves office in January 2029. Trump has fiercely pushed to acquire the semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic since before he returned to the Oval Office. The globally unpopular move has helped strain America’s…

On Wednesday, Aug. 12, a total solar eclipse will be visible in parts of Greenland, Iceland, northern Russia, the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, and a small corner of Portugal. NASA will stream the eclipse live with views across the path and interviews with subject matter experts through a variety of platforms.…

A major Atlantic Ocean current is slowing, and the consequences could reach far beyond the Atlantic. New research from the University of California, Riverside suggests the change could strengthen powerful storms along the California coast while reducing snowfall over Greenland. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, or AMOC, is a vast…

Each time the Moon covers the Sun during a total solar eclipse — darkening daytime skies and briefly revealing the Sun’s ethereal outer atmosphere, the corona — it presents new opportunities to better understand our star and its influence on Earth. On Wednesday, Aug. 12, as the next total solar…