The NASA Exoplanet Archive credits 245 confirmed planets to 2025. TESS found 129 of them, Proxima Centauri d is the closest at 4.2 light-yea...
NOAA's final 2025 hurricane data gives Melissa a peak of 165 knots, equal to Allen in 1980 and the highest in the Atlantic database. Five ch...
A record 329 orbital launch attempts put 4,522 satellites into orbit in 2025. SpaceX owned 3,169 of them, and Falcon 9 carried 85% of the to...
USGS ranks earthquakes three different ways: by magnitude, by a significance score that includes impact, and by how many people report feeli...
NASA's close-approach data lists 189 asteroids that came within one lunar distance of Earth in 2025. The closest passed about 230 km above t...
4.36 million refugees returned home in 2025, up from 1.62 million a year earlier, and the world's refugee total fell for the year. UNHCR's e...
In 2025 the top producer of cobalt, nickel and natural graphite each mined two-thirds or more of the world total. The largest lithium produc...
The leading scorer of all 23 World Cups, from Guillermo Stábile in 1930 to Kylian Mbappé in 2026 — and why the winning total keeps shrinking...
In 1958 a French forward scored 13 goals in six matches. Sixty-eight years and sixteen tournaments later, the best anyone has managed is 10.
Brazil is the only nation to appear at all 23 World Cups. Italy, a four-time champion, has not qualified since 2014.
Twenty-three tournaments since 1930 have produced just eight different champions — and Spain has now joined the two-time winners.
For twelve years the record belonged to Miroslav Klose. The 2026 World Cup broke it twice in a single tournament.