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Tips to save the Earth

The Earth needs protection every day. Here are a few tips to save the Earth. Some should be done right now, some should be done right after COVID-19 is brought under control.

Coronavirus: Space crew return to very different Earth

No strangers to isolation, the trio left for the space station months before Covid-19 emerged.

Earth's moon is shrinking and quaking, study says

The moon is slowly shrinking over time, which is causing wrinkles in its crust and moonquakes, according to photos captured by NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter.

 

Earth's magnetic ocean tides mapped from space

 This is the European Space Agency's spectacular new view of ocean tides as they sweep around the Earth.

Record surge in atmospheric CO2 seen in 2016

 Concentrations of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere surged to a record high in 2016, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

Earth on track for hottest year ever as warming speeds up

 The earth is on track for its hottest year on record and warming at a faster rate than expected, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said on Thursday.

Gold on Earth may come from colliding dead stars: study

 All gold on the Earth might have come from extreme crashes between dense dead stars, U.S. researchers reported Wednesday.

Water on Moon, Earth share common origin: study

 Water on the Moon and the Earth may originally come from the same place, according to a new analysis of moon rocks.

Newly-discovered comet on way to inner solar system

 U.S. astronomers said on Tuesday that a recently-discovered, highly active comet will skim 1.2 million kilometers above the Sun's surface on Nov. 28 and has the potential to be readily visible from the Earth.

Kepler telescope spies 'most Earth-like' worlds to date

The search for a far-off twin of Earth has turned up two of the most intriguing candidates yet.