Two years ago, Earth was hit by the most energetic neutrino in history. Scientists thought it might be a measurement error, ...

Here are some of the most significant events about planet Earth in 2023. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.

The year 2023 kicked off with big exoplanet news when JWST confirmed its first exoplanet, bringing astronomers closer to a new understanding of Earth-like worlds outside our solar system.

The most intense warming, which occurred in the North Atlantic, tropical Pacific, South Pacific and North Pacific, accounted for 90% of unexpected oceanic heating during 2023. The North Atlantic MHW ...

An asteroid passed by closer to Earth this month than most large telecom satellites, and our telescopes didn't spot the space rock until it already had us in its rear view. Asteroid 2023 AV was ...

One of the smallest, coolest stars found to have exoplanets of any kind—just 86 light-years from the solar system—appears to have a volcanic world, called LP 791-18 d.

A newly discovered asteroid will safely whiz by Earth this weekend, as the 115-foot space rock approaches us at a staggering 17,000 mph. The large near-Earth asteroid titled 2023 DZ2, nicknamed ...

2. Devastating Maui wildfire Image of the Hawaiian town of Lahaina taken by Earth-observation satellites of U.S. company Maxar Technologies before and after the devastating wildfires of August 2023.