Climate scientists warn extreme weather likely in 2026

The World Weather Attribution group of climate scientists has warned that extraordinary extreme weather is likely this year and said 2026 could turn out to be the second warmest, if not the warmest year, on record.

Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon to make closest approach to Earth on October 21

Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) will pass at its minimum distance from Earth - around 89 mln km - on October 21, according to the Solar Astronomy Laboratories of the Space Research Institute and the Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

China builds ‘planetary defense’ team as concerns grow over 2024 YR4 asteroid

China has started assembling a planetary defense team to counter the threat of near-Earth asteroids following the discovery of a large asteroid that could strike our planet in seven years.

Without astronauts, Boeing’s Starliner returns to Earth

Boeing’s spacecraft landed uncrewed in a New Mexico desert late on Friday, capping a three-month test mission hobbled by technical issues that forced the astronauts it had flown to the International Space Station to remain there until next year.

Summer 2024 hottest ever recorded on the planet, EU climate change monitor says

Scientists have confirmed that summer 2024 broke global heat records for the second consecutive year, making 2024 likely to be the hottest year in recorded history. 

European satellite could crash in a random place on Earth tomorrow, 21 Feb.

The European Union's uncontrolled ERS-2 satellite is expected to fall to the planet tomorrow (21 February), Sky News announced.

SpaceX's Starship Launch Ends in Failure Before Reaching Orbit

 SpaceX's Starship spacecraft triggered its automated termination system, according to the company's broadcast on Saturday.

Sand, Dust Storms Become More Frequent Globally: UN

Sand and dust storms are “dramatically” more frequent in some places worldwide, with at least a quarter of the storms caused by humans, according to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

NASA announces launch service for Arctic warming experiment, sea level rise

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected Rocket Lab USA Inc., an aerospace manufacturer and launch service provider based in California, to provide the launch service for the agency's PREFIRE (Polar Radiant Energy in the Far-InfraRed Experiment) mission.

Voyager 2: Nasa loses contact with record-breaking probe after sending wrong command

Nasa has lost contact with its Voyager 2 probe billions of miles away from Earth after sending it the wrong command, the space agency has revealed.

Guterres Urges World Leaders To Take Prompt Action To Combat Global Boiling

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for urgent action to address climate change in the wake of a new era of "global boiling."

Asteroid equal in size to Eiffel Tower just 2.4 mln km away from Earth

Asteroid 2006 HV5, measuring about 300 meters in diameter, has approached the Earth closer than ever this century and is now just 2.4 million kilometers away, the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics under the Russian Academy of Sciences has said in a news release.

Planetary asteroid and comet defense system may appear in ten years, scientist says

A planetary system for protection of the Earth from comet and asteroid threat may gain tangible shape in ten years, and technological basis for such system already exists, says Natan Eismont, lead researcher at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Space Research Institute.

Powerful solar flare registered on April 6

 A powerful solar flare, which affected shortwave radio communications, was registered by scientists on Thursday, the Heliophysics Service of the Fedorov Institute of Applied Geophysics said.

Life-Building Organic Molecules Found in Samples from Asteroid Ryugu

Did life originate on Earth? Or did the essential building blocks for it land on Earth from space? This is something scientists have been debating for decades.

Decades-old NASA satellite due to re-enter atmosphere, low threat

After almost four decades in space, a retired NASA satellite is about to fall to earth.

NASA launches new mission to survey Earth's water

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the newest Earth science satellite on Friday to track nearly all the water on Earth surface.

Scientists discover asteroid that could collide with Earth

An international team of astronomers on Monday announced the discovery of a large asteroid whose orbit crosses that of Earth, creating a small chance far in the future of a catastrophic collision.

US satellite threatens other spacecraft, Russian scientists warn

A US satellite partially disintegrates in orbit, endangering other spacecraft circling the Earth, Russian scientists said on Saturday.

Chinese rocket debris crashes to Earth over Indian Ocean, Sulu Sea

 

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 A big piece of Chinese space junk has crashed back to Earth.