Science Mission Directorate

Earth Day 2026: Posters and Virtual Backgrounds

On April 6, 2026, shortly before Earth slid behind the Moon from the perspective of Orion, and the spacecraft lost radio ...
Scientific American

Earth Day in the Artemis era: Can NASA’s moon missions spur a new environmental movement?

Fresh takes on Apollo’s famous “Earthrise” and “Blue Marble” images showed off our planet’s beauty just weeks before Earth ...

9 Surprising Earth Facts Scientists Learned in the Last Year That Change Everything We Thought We Knew About the Planet

How much do you know about our planet? Here are the amazing, odd and downright cool Earth facts scientists learned in the ...
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From Fossils to Forecasts: Why Earth Science Is the Key to Our Future

Ice cores, tree rings, and satellite data converge on a striking truth: Earth’s rapid changes today are unlike anything seen in human history. When most people hear the term Earth science, they think ...
SpaceNews

NASA seeks commercial and exploration links for new Earth science missions

Two new proposed NASA Earth science missions will attempt to address key research topics while leveraging both commercial and ...
GeekWire

Microsoft collaborates with NASA on Earth Copilot, an AI guide to our planet’s data

Microsoft and NASA have joined forces to develop Earth Copilot, a software tool that uses artificial intelligence and cloud computing to simplify the process of searching and analyzing Earth science ...

See Earth Day 2026 events in Oklahoma City, Norman

Norman's 2026 Earth Day Festival is an event dedicated to sustainability, education, and community engagement. Reaves Park is ...
IFLScience

"Nobody Expected This": Earth's Rotation Will Speed Up In July And August, Bucking The Downward Trend

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
DePauw

Earth Science

The study of Earth science isn’t just for students who are interested in how our planet works. It’s also for those who are passionate about addressing urgent global challenges such as climate change, ...
Phys.org

Snowball Earth: Ancient Scottish rocks reveal annual climate cycles

Scientists at the University of Southampton have uncovered evidence from ancient rocks that Earth's climate continued to fluctuate during its most extreme ice age—known as Snowball Earth. During the ...
IFLScience

Will The Earth Ever Stop Spinning?

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
The Tufts Daily

Tufts’ Department of Earth and Climate Sciences to introduce new majors, minors

Tufts’ Department of Earth and Climate Sciences will introduce two new majors, Earth Science and Climate Science, along with a new minor in Earth and Climate Sciences, starting in fall 2025. The ...