Earth’s elusive ‘ignorosphere’ could shed new light on auroras
Japanese scientists have created the first-ever long-term dataset about Earth's entire atmosphere, stretching all the way to space.
Finland becomes 53rd country to join the Artemis Accords for moon exploration
Finland just became the Artemis Accords' 53rd member nation, bolstering NASA's efforts to establish peaceful and cooperative international space exploration.
Scientists discover ‘sunken worlds’ hidden deep within Earth’s mantle that shouldn’t be there
A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's mantle. These anomalies are surprisingly similar to sunken chunks of Earth's crust but appear in seemingly impossible places.
Satellites watch ‘ghost island’ solidify in the Caspian Sea before disappearing (photos)
The Kumani Bank mud volcano in the Caspian Sea created an island in early 2023 that had almost disappeared by the end of 2024, according to Landsate satellite imagery.
Our warming Earth: 2024 was hottest year on record, NASA says
2024 was the warmest year on record, according to NASA data. The global average temperature was 2.3 degrees Fahrenheit above the mid-20th-century baseline.
Photographer captures rare Comet G3 ATLAS from UK in dramatic ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ image
Photographer Josh Dury captured rare Comet C/2024 G3 (Atlas) in a dramatic 'once-in-a-lifetime' image after a challenging chase across UK skies at dusk.
Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage
The World Monuments Fund has added the moon to its watch list of 25 historic places that face major challenges and has called for preserving lunar heritage.
The sun’s magnetic field will flip soon. Here’s what to expect.
As we approach solar maximum, something strange is happening to the sun's magnetic field. We explore this flip in polarity in more detail and look at the effects it could have on Earth.
What happened to the flags Apollo astronauts left on the moon?
Astronauts placed six different American flags on the moon during the Apollo program. What became of those flags in the years since, and why were they controversial?
Scientists turn 3 years’ worth of solar flares into audible sound (video)
The European Space Agency has released an audio-visual representation of solar activity over the last three years, using data from the Solar Orbiter probe.