2024 may have been Earth's hottest year in at least 125,000 years, according to a grim climate report published Wednesday (Oct. 29) that describes our world as "on the brink" and warns its "vital ...

This is the message of the sixth issue of the annual "State of the Climate" report. The report was prepared by an ...

The newly discovered world is called GJ 251c and it is a super-Earth orbiting a red dwarf star less than 20 light-years away.

Mars is an inhospitable desert planet. Billions of years ago, things were different. In Jezero Crater, for example, fed by a ...

I/ATLAS may help protect Earth from hazardous future comets, contrary to the popular belief that it poses a threat to the ...

The risk of a cosmic body striking the Earth—or exploding in the atmosphere—may be higher in 2032 and 2036, researchers have ...

A new NASA-backed study—relying on data from the Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) satellite—suggests that ...

Discover why Earth's asteroid belt is disappearing and what this means for the future of our solar system, including potential impacts for Earth and beyond.

An international team of researchers has published a report on how Mars samples should be handled from a scientific point of ...

The Southern Ocean can release stored heat during cooling, creating short-term warming. This discovery shows climate recovery ...

NASA and the International Asteroid Warning Network have launched a global campaign to track comet 3I/ATLAS and strengthen ...

Astronomers have discovered GJ 251 c, a rocky super-Earth just 20 light-years away, one of the most promising nearby worlds ...