Earth
Here’s Lake Mead’s Record Low Water Levels Seen From Space
How bad is the drought in the western United States? A stunning depiction of the record dry spell comes in…
A new Assessment of the World’s Climate is out. The News Isn’t Good
According to the recently released IPCC Sixth Assessment Report, climate change is going to get significantly worse if we don't…
Animals Could Have Been Around Hundreds of Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Believed
According to new Earth sciences research, the oldest fossilized remains of animal life may have been found in the Canadian…
Juno Captured This Image of Earth on its Way Out to Jupiter Back in 2013
Since the Juno spacecraft has been in orbit around Jupiter for nearly five years -- since July 4, 2016 --…
This is Currently the World’s Largest Iceberg
A gigantic chunk of ice recently broke off from an ice shelf in Antarctica, and is currently the world’s largest…
100-meter Asteroid Created a Strange Impact Event in Antarctica 430,000 Years Ago
The effects of ancient asteroid impacts on Earth are still evident from the variety of impact craters across our planet.…
Earth Gains 5,200 Tons of Dust From Space Every Year
Whenever I wipe the dust off my coffee table or catch a glimpse of dust motes floating in sunlight, my…
A Billion Years From now There won’t be Much Oxygen in the Earth’s Atmosphere
Breathe it while you still can. A new research study forecasts the future of oxygen in the Earth's atmosphere and…
Lightning Strikes Helped Life get an Early Start on Earth
So, you want to create life? You're going to need some ingredients first. On Earth four billion years ago, you…
It Turns Out That the World’s Oldest Impact Crater Isn’t an Impact Crater
In early 2012, an international research team surveying parts of southwestern Greenland announced that they had discovered the oldest impact…