It’s the hottest part of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, but the sun will be farther away than any other time in 2021 today, according to NASA. Today is Aphelion Day, and it marks the day that ...

An asteroid with a diameter almost the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza will whip past Earth on November 19, the night of November's full moon. The asteroid 2021 VR will have a diameter as large as ...

The universe revealed more of its secrets this year, and new missions will further explore our solar system and beyond. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

A small asteroid barely missed Earth just hours after the car-size rock was discovered flying through space. The asteroid, dubbed 2021 RS2, came within 9,532 miles of the Earth’s surface Tuesday. The ...

An asteroid as big as the oldest and largest known pyramid and one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World will pass Earth this weekend. 2021 SM3 will zip past the planet on October 15. The asteroid ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, December 23, 2021 (ENS) - Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley has been awarded the 2021 Champions of the Earth Award, the United Nations' highest environmental honor, for her policy ...

This year Nature Communications has published original research and opinion across the Earth sciences. To celebrate these contributions, the editors of the Earth team select some of their highlights ...

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 ...

An asteroid up to three times larger than a blue whale will zoom past Earth on Monday (June 6) at more than 16,000 mph (26,000 km/h), according to NASA. The asteroid, named 2021 GT2, is predicted to ...

Several asteroids bigger than the Great Pyramid of Giza will closely pass by Earth in the upcoming weeks, including one this week. According to data from NASA's Center for Near-Earth Object Studies, ...

2021 was another trying year for Earth and its inhabitants. The pandemic has lingered on, and yet again, there were disappointing climate responses from global powers. But there’s still reason to be ...