Earth

‘Shockwave Of Fire’ Rained Down After Old Comet Strike On Earth, Scientists Say

Speak about destruction. A comet slammed into Earth's atmosphere 28 million years ago and basically killed everything with fire below,…

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How Far is Earth from the Sun?

It’s amazing to think that for the majority of human history, we had almost no understanding about the Sun. We didn’t…

11 years ago

Jupiter Bound Juno snaps Dazzling Gallery of Planet Earth Portraits

Juno Portrait of Earth This false color composite shows more than half of Earth’s disk over the coast of Argentina…

11 years ago

Cygnus Commercial Cargo Craft Completes Historic First Flight to Space Station

Commercial space took another major leap forward this morning, Oct 22., when the privately developed Cygnus cargo vehicle undocked from…

11 years ago

Wet Asteroid’s Remains Found In Old Star That Could Have Hosted Habitable Planets

Remains of a water-filled asteroid are circling a dying white dwarf star, right now, about 150 light-years from us. The…

11 years ago

How the Moon Would Look if it Were at the Same Distance as the Space Station

This is completely impossible, but fun just the same. How would the Moon look from Earth if it orbited at…

11 years ago

These Antarctic Research Photos Look Like Exploration on Another Planet

Some day, human explorers will land a spacecraft on the surface of Europa, Enceladus, Titan, or some other icy world…

11 years ago