Earth Journal

04/08/2025

https://phys.org/news/2025-04-ai-lightning-wildfires-unprecedented-accuracy.html
AI truly is the future!!

A new artificial intelligence (AI) model developed by Israeli researchers promises to revolutionize wildfire prediction, with a particular focus on lightning-induced blazes that are growing increasingly common due to climate change. The new AI model can predict where and when lightning strikes are m...

03/23/2023

BREAKING 🚨: Researchers have discovered a new planet with two moons using the James Webb telescope

‘with clear detections of water, methane, and carbon monoxide’

VHS 1256 b is a strange world indeed, with double suns like Tatooine.

01/27/2023

Green comet zooming our way, last visited 50,000 years ago!

A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. It will come "close" to Earth next week before speeding away again.

11/07/2022

A total lunar eclipse – sometimes called a – is set to peak Tuesday, Nov. 8 at 5:17am ET (1017 UTC). It's the last one until 2025.

Find out if you’re in an eclipse viewing area or watch it live with
NASA Moon experts:

Watch the total lunar eclipse and learn about the science behind this celestial phenomenon.

11/07/2022

On Tuesday (11/8), the Earth, sun, and moon will align, and create a Blood Moon eclipse

The last total lunar eclipse until 2025

10/10/2022

At 377 feet (115 meters), Hyperion is the tallest tree in the world. You can find it in Redwood National Park, California.

10/06/2022

BREAKING: James Webb Space Telescope is currently observing Pluto

09/16/2022

'Mysterious' Space Diamonds May Have an Advantage Over Earth Gems

The cosmic gems might have formed after a long-ago collision.

08/03/2022

Our planet set a record for completing one rotation faster than scientists had ever previously recorded, according to TimeAndDate.com. Earth rotated once around its axis on Wednesday, June 29, in 1.59 milliseconds less than 24 hours.

On June 29, 2022 our planet set a new record for its shortest day.

06/14/2022

The Strawberry Supermoon graced skies overnight Monday into Tuesday, reaching peak fullness at 7:52 a.m. EDT Tuesday, according to NASA. Skygazers across the globe snapped photos of the brilliant display.

June's moon was named the "Strawberry Moon" by the Native Americans because of the strawberry harvest that occurs around the same time.

A moon is considered a supermoon when it's in its closest point to Earth in orbit. The moon's proximity to Earth makes it appear up to 7% larger and 15% brighter in the sky during a supermoon.

The moon reached peak fullness at 7:52 a.m. EDT Tuesday. - Articles from The Weather Channel | weather.com

06/07/2022

Ever feel like there’s just not enough time in the day? Turns out, you might be onto something. Earth is rotating faster than it has in the last half-century, resulting in our days being ever-so-slightly shorter than we’re used to. And while it’s an infinitesimally small difference, it’s become a big headache for physicists, computer programmers and even stockbrokers.

Compensating for the lost time may prove challenging for scientists.

05/25/2022

Argentine scientists discovered a new species of a huge flying reptile dubbed "The Dragon of Death" that lived 86 millions of years ago alongside dinosaurs, in a find shedding fresh insight on a predator whose body was as long as a yellow school bus.