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Earth Day 2024: Witness our changing planet in 12 incredible satellite images
By Meredith Garofalo published
To commemorate Earth Day, enjoy these 12 NOAA satellite images that showcase the different ways this critical technology helps scientists keep an eye on our planet.
Satellites watch as 4th global coral bleaching event unfolds (image)
By Sharmila Kuthunur published
Satellites are tracking in real time as multiple major coral reefs around the world get paler due to warming sea temperatures in the fourth-ever global bleaching event.
The Earth Day 2024 Google doodle is a climate change reminder
By Monisha Ravisetti published
For Earth Day this year, the Google doodle is highlighting areas of our planet it sees itself in.
Happy Earth Day 2024! NASA picks 6 new airborne missions to study our changing planet
By Meredith Garofalo published
Six newly selected NASA airborne campaigns will focus on a range of studies focusing on Earth and its changing climate.
Earth Day: What is it and why does it matter?
By Elizabeth Howell last updated
Reference Earth Day occurs annually on April, 22. It began in 1970 and celebrates the environmental diversity of Earth and highlights ways of protecting it.
Why is it so hard to send humans back to the moon?
By Paul Sutter published
Space mysteries The Apollo program put humans on the moon in 1969. So why haven't we sent any more since?
'Devil Comet' 12P/Pons-Brooks reaches peak brightness tonight. Here's how to see it
By Samantha Mathewson published
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks visits the inner solar system every 71 years and will reach its closest to the sun on Sunday (April 21), appearing bright enough to possibly be seen by the naked eye.
NASA's Juno probe captures amazing views of Jupiter's volcanic moon Io (video)
By Meredith Garofalo published
NASA's Juno probe continues to give us more insight into Jupiter and the giant planet's moons, including Io, the most volcanically active object in the solar system.
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