EARTH & SPACE NEWS
Real-time hazard feeds from USGS, NASA, NOAA, NWS, NHC, and science publishers
About the Earth and space news wire
This is a hazard wire rather than a headline aggregator. It pulls from the agencies that actually issue the information — USGS for earthquakes and volcano alerts, the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center for severe weather, the National Hurricane Center for the tropics, NASA and NOAA for space and climate — and mixes in science publishers for the longer explanations.
Happening Now lifts the most time-sensitive items to the top, a top story carries the biggest development of the day, and the rest are grouped by category so an earthquake swarm does not bury a hurricane advisory. Filter by category or search across headlines, sources, and place names to follow one story.
Follow anything you find here into the tools: the warning desk for live alerts, earth sciences for the earthquake catalog, space weather for solar activity, or the weather blog for the weekly write-up.
News feed FAQ
- Where do these stories come from?
- Official and scientific feeds only: USGS for earthquakes and volcano alerts, the Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program, NASA and NASA Earth Observatory, NOAA Climate.gov, the National Weather Service, the Storm Prediction Center, the National Hurricane Center, and science publishers such as ScienceDaily and Phys.org.
- How current is the feed?
- Items are aggregated server side from each publisher’s RSS feed and capped at about three days old, so the page shows what has happened recently rather than an archive. The header stamps how long ago the feed was refreshed.
- Can I follow only one kind of hazard?
- Yes. The category filter narrows the wire to earthquakes, volcanoes, severe weather, hurricanes, space, climate, or general science, and the search box matches on headline, description, source, and location.
- Is this a substitute for official warnings?
- No. News items are reports about events, not alerts. For live National Weather Service Warning Events covering a specific place, use the warning desk, and subscribe to Bitwatch if you want to be notified rather than to check.