The Milky Way is not the calm, flat starry disk many of us learned about in school. Astronomers are now tracking a colossal, ...

Huge waves smashed against a lighthouse on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan, as strong winds created nasty conditions in the area.

A gale watch is in place for Michigan's Great Lakes ahead of strengthening winds that could create 22-foot waves.

Surf’s waaay up, dude! Surfers flocked to Rockaway Beach in Queens Thursday to ride a swell of giant waves kicked up by Hurricane Erin — as the storm threatened to flood some nearby coastal areas.

Four swimmers were killed by a rogue wave at a scenic natural pool in Tenerife, Spain, which was closed to the public, on ...

When thinking of rogue waves breaking out in the middle of the ocean, for surfers at least, one liquid monstrosity comes to mind – Cortes Bank, the mythical big wave gauntlet breaking some 100 miles ...

The discovery of buried "mud waves" off the coast of western Africa reveals that the Atlantic Ocean was born at least 4 million years earlier than scientists previously thought. These waves, each ...

The “king of storms,” some have called Typhoon Ragasa. After wreaking havoc in the Philippines, the storm – which at one point had winds the equivalent of a Category 5 hurricane (150 mph) – moved onto ...

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. (KGO) -- It was a wild day for surfers in Half Moon Bay. Some say the waves at Pillar Point were as big as they'd ever seen. RELATED: Mavericks has been challenging top surfers ...

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Veteran big-wave surfer Carlos Burle experienced a terrifying wipeout at Nazaré, Portugal, on an estimated 80-foot wave.