The Latest Breaking News from Earth

Extreme weather is by definition rare on our planet. Ferocious storms, searing heatwaves and biting cold snaps illustrate what the climate is capable of at its worst. However, since Earth’s climate is rapidly warming, predominantly due to fossil fuel burning, the range of possible weather conditions, including extremes, is changing.

The UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has made an urgent call for a global action plan to tackle extreme heat. His recent speech in New York came as the average temperature of the Earth’s surface has broken records twice and followed 12 consecutive months as the warmest months ever.

Rocket Lab successfully launched a sharp-eyed Earth-observing radar satellite for the Japanese company Synspective today (Aug. 2).

Astronomers may have solved the mystery of how the complex building blocks of life first formed, finding dust traps around young stars could make an ideal formation location.

“I live in America, say it loud, it’ll make you proud,” James Brown sang. And these people, it seems, really took that to heart. The post Someone Asked What America Does Better Than Other Countries, And 40 People Answered first appeared on Bored Panda.

A 2023 astronaut photo provides a unique perspective of the Sulaiman Mountains in Pakistan, showing how thick clouds of haze get trapped behind the tall peaks.

All the new Hulu shows and movies you should check out in August 2024 like 'Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes' and a new season of 'Only Murders in the Building.'

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In an exciting breakthrough for astronomy and the search for extraterrestrial life, a team of international scientists has announced the discovery of Gliese 12 b, a temperate, Earth-sized exoplanet just 40 light-years away — a relatively neighbourly 378 trillion kilometres from earth.