The planet Saturn put on a show for Earth this week as the gas giant appeared at its closest and brightest for the year in the early hours of Monday EDT. The event prompted a number of backyard ...

The year 2021 was marked not only by extreme weather events nationwide and in the West — it was also the Earth’s sixth-hottest year on record, federal officials announced Thursday. The planet’s ...

Last year’s average temperature globally was either fifth or sixth highest on record, depending on who’s measuring. U.S. scientists announced their latest data on Thursday and European researchers ...

In this image, the Dawn spacecraft's three xenon electrostatic ion thrusters can be seen emitting ionized xenon's characteristic blue/magenta glow, gently propelling the probe toward the dwarf planet ...

Earth’s climate is a vastly complex system on a grand scale. On a microscopic level, so is the complicated physics of atoms and molecules found within materials. The 2021 Nobel Prize in physics knits ...

Ben Wheatley‘s Sundance darling In the Earth is the perfect creepy movie to stream as Halloween season begins. The forest thriller combines elements of films like Annihilation and Midsommar to elevate ...

Around 650 million years ago, the Earth entered into the Marinoan glaciation that saw the entire planet freeze. The 'Snowball Earth' impeded the evolution of life. But as it warmed, biotic life began ...

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to three scientists for their contributions to understanding complex systems, including Earth’s climate. Half the approximately $1.1 million prize was ...

The asteroid is predicted to miss Earth by more than 2 million miles. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. An asteroid up to three ...

According to NASA, "Asteroid 2024 YR4 is now too far away to observe with either space or ground-based telescopes. The space ...