CUMBERLAND, Md. — It's a chilly March morning, and Mary Bowden is standing in the parking lot of a local community college. Bowden is a professor of aerospace engineering at the University of Maryland ...

On a clear day in early fall, around sunrise, you might notice hot air balloons flying across the sky, but why do they navigate the skies so early in the day and how does weather play a role in their ...

👉 Watch the video of Sarah’s school science experiment here! Hello parents, teachers and students! If you’re looking for fun way to explore meteorology with your elementary aged kids, this experiment ...

Student volunteers prepare two balloons for a morning launch in Cumberland, Md., as part of a nationwide project to study the April 8 eclipse. (Meredith Rizzo for NPR) Student volunteers prepare a ...