Rainfall is one of the defining characteristics of our weather, with amounts varying dramatically from one region to another. It shapes both our skies and our landscape, carving valleys while filling ...

Staring at raindrops on a car windshield is more than just a way to get in touch with your emo side. You might also learn some physics. As a car speeds along in the rain, some water droplets slide up ...

Raindrops keep falling on your head in all different sizes, and now researchers know why. The shattering of single raindrops after they leave clouds is enough to explain the wide variety of drop sizes ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — It's been a record setting rainy May in Syracuse, but have you ever thought about what the rain looks like? The shape of a raindrop is a lot different than the emojis and graphics we ...

The raindrops that patter onto roofs, sidewalks and umbrellas during a shower or storm fall in a wide range of sizes, as anyone who pays attention can see. The explanation for this variety turns out ...

Picture yourself standing under a torrential downpour. Every single raindrop slamming into your umbrella, your roof, the pavement carries kinetic energy that just disappears. Here's the thing: ...

On rainy days, Kaitlyn Loftus likes to imagine herself somewhere else. Not on a sun-soaked beach, but on another world in the middle of its own rainstorm. Beneath the swirling storms of Jupiter or ...

Earth isn't the only place to experience rainfall and raindrops. Elsewhere in the universe must be intriguingly similar, say physicists. Rainfall is one of the defining characteristics of our weather, ...