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Do You Need to Worry About an Asteroid Hitting Earth?

By Jeffrey Kluger

How Climate Change Impacts Winter Weather

By Simmone Shah

Why Climate Change Sometimes Brings Major Winter Storms

By Simmone Shah

The Plastic vs. Paper Straw Debate, Explained

By Chad de Guzman
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How to See February's Snow Moon

The second full moon of 2025 will be at its peak this week.

By Simmone Shah

A New Space Telescope Will Unravel a Great Cosmic Mystery

The riddle of dark matter, which is thought to make up 68% of the universe, may be solved at last.

By Jeffrey Kluger/Greenbelt, Md.

How Climate Change Is Affecting the NFL

New data finds rising temperatures affecting games in 30 football cities.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Asteroid Samples Contain Building Blocks of Life

Two new studies from the asteroid Bennu reveal pre-biology deep in space.

By Jeffrey Kluger

Extreme Heat Could Kill Millions in Europe

Extreme heat could kill as many as 2.3 million people in Europe by the end of the century unless countries get better at cutting emissions.

By SETH BORENSTEIN/AP

'What Are UFOs' Examines Our Fascination with the Unknown

There are trillions of planets out there. Are any of them sending spaceships our way?

By Jeffrey Kluger

Why Messy SpaceX and Blue Origin Launches Are Good News

Flawed rocket launches by SpaceX and Blue Origin still leave both companies in position to dominate the space sector.

By Jeffrey Kluger

How Dangerous Winds Fuel Los Angeles Wildfires

The Santa Anas have been rocket fuel for the flames—and that may not change.

By Jeffrey Kluger

NASA's Mars Rover Mission to Bring Samples Home Is at Risk

An exploding budget and an unraveling schedule spell disappointment for NASA's mission to learn more about Mars's history.

By Jeffrey Kluger

L.A. Fires Show Reality of 1.5°C of Warming

The planet crosses an important temperature threshold while wildfires ravage southern California.

By Jeffrey Kluger

What to Know About Winter Storm Blair

An 'Arctic outbreak' will send polar air streaming south, affecting up to 250 million people across 40 states.

By Jeffrey Kluger

What Being in Space Does to Your Brain

Leaving the Earth can take some getting used to. Here's how your brain changes.

By Jeffrey Kluger

How Viral Animals Took Over the Internet This Year

From baby pygmy hippo Moo Deng to Pesto the penguin, here’s why cute creatures attracted so much attention in 2024.

By Chad de Guzman

Three-Quarters of the Earth Has Gotten Drier

Climate change has tipped the world into long-term desiccation

By Jeffrey Kluger

How Science Can Drive Global Solutions

TIME100 Talks explored a crucial challenge: how to transform promising breakthroughs in science into real solutions.

By Harry Booth

World's Freshwater Resources Drop to Troubling Low

Climate change is contributing to a global drying with no end in sight, according to a new study.

By Jeffrey Kluger
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