Fall 2024 was Earth’s warmest autumn ever
Fall 2024 makes history in the record books as the warmest on record in the past 130 years.
Satellites map Earth’s ocean floors in unprecedented detail
A newly-deployed satellite has created the most-detailed map yet of the ocean floor, finding hundreds of hills and underwater volcanoes that were previously missed.
‘Ambitious climate action is more urgent than ever:’ 3 Climate records broken in 2024
2024 has been another challenging year for Earth's climate, marked by record temperatures, extreme weather events, and urgent warnings from scientists about the accelerating pace of global warming.
Get ready for the ‘New Year Comet’: What to expect from Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3
Comet ATLAS (C/2024) G3 could be set to wow sky-watchers at the beginning of 2025.
Sun unleashes massive X1.1 solar flare to close out 2024 (photo)
The huge solar flare may be the last big explosion from the sun this year.
Watch Greenland lose 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds in disturbing new time-lapse video
Satellite imagery from NASA and the European Space Agency reveal 13 years of melt on the Greenland Ice Sheet.
Christmas solar flares erupt from the sun. Will they trigger aurora ‘fireworks’ as we close out 2024?
Sun pulses with several solar flares late Christmas Day with four M-class flares from sunspots within a few hours.
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe phones home after surviving historic close sun flyby. It’s alive!
A NASA spacecraft has survived a historic close fly of the sun. The mission team received a beacon tone from the Parker Solar Probe, signaling it was still functioning after the record approach.
The sun in 2025: How the solar cycle will shape our year ahead
We look ahead to 2025 as the sun ramps up its activity, driven by the peak of the current solar cycle.
Scientists await signal from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe after historic close sun flyby. Will it phone home?
The spacecraft made the closest ever flyby if the sun on Christmas Eve, but it's been silent since Dec. 20.