The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Specialist glasses sell out as Britons prepare for best solar eclipse in decades

More than 90% of the sun will be obscured by the moon between 6.17pm and 8.06pm on Wednesday

Evening Standard · Aug 11

World's Oceans Hit Hottest July on Record as El Niño Conditions Build in the Pacific

July saw the hottest ocean temperatures on record, driven by El Niño and climate change, raising concerns about intensified marine heatwaves, wildfires, and shifting weather patterns globally.

International Business Times UK · Aug 11

July was just the hottest month on record in the US. So what does that mean for August?

Climate change and El Niño are working together to make your summer extra hot

The Independent UK · Aug 11

1-billion-year-old Mars meteorite found in Algeria is like nothing we've seen from the Red Planet

Scientists found a Martian meteorite on Earth that is finally filling in a nearly 2-billion-year-old geology-history gap on the Red Planet.

Space · Aug 11

In 1981, China began planting billions of trees to restore degraded land. Decades later, the 78-billion-tree effort produced a surprising outcome: it altered the water cycle, sending more rain to some regions while drying out others

China’s decades-long reforestation campaign has dramatically expanded vegetation across the country, including through the Three-North Shelterbelt, or “The Great Green Wall.” According to Reuters, China added about 116,000 square miles of trees, while forest coverage increased substantially. However, a 2025 study in Earth’s Future found that the transformation has also…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

SpaceX launches 29 Starlink satellites to orbit from Florida (video, photos)

SpaceX launched 29 more of its Starlink internet satellites to orbit from Florida's Space Coast today (Aug. 11).

Space · Aug 11

NASA will chase the Aug. 12 total solar eclipse with balloons and a high-altitude jet

"Scientists can study the sun's corona in a way we can't from anywhere else in the solar system."

Space · Aug 11

The stars are still there, we just can't see them anymore as artificial light is now changing that view at an alarming pace, creating a brightening night that future generations may barely recognize

Artificial light pollution erases stars twice as fast as satellites measured. A child seeing 250 stars today may see fewer than 100 by age eighteen. This trend shows sky brightness increasing by 9.6 percent annually on average. Satellites missed much blue light and sideways emissions contributing to skyglow. Human observers…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

In 1969, Australia recovered the Murchison meteorite after it fell near Victoria. Years later, scientists studied stardust hidden inside and discovered grains dating back roughly 7 billion years, before the Solar System existed

The Murchison meteorite carried something far older than Earth. Scientists found tiny silicon carbide grains inside it that formed nearly 7 billion years ago, long before the Sun existed. The meteorite fell in Victoria, Australia, in 1969. Researchers later isolated the ancient stardust and studied trapped isotopes to estimate its…

The Economic Times · Aug 11

'You are invited to see the Earth turn': In 1851, a French physicist showed people the Earth was rotating using just a giant swinging pendulum

Léon Foucault conducted a groundbreaking experiment that visually confirmed the rotation of the Earth. By observing a swinging pendulum, viewers noticed an apparent change in direction as the Earth rotated beneath it. This striking demonstration provided clear, physical evidence of the planet's axial movement, with the pendulum's rotation rate changing…

The Economic Times · Aug 11