Earth

Earth’s Gold Came From Colliding Stars

Are you wearing a gold ring? Or perhaps gold-plated earrings? Maybe you have some gold fillings in your teeth... for…

12 years ago

A Heat Wave So Big You Can See It From Space

Hot enough for ya? If you live anywhere on the eastern half of the United States (like me) you've probably…

12 years ago

Podcast: The Pacific Ring of Fire

The Pacific Ring of Fire wraps around the Pacific Ocean, including countries like Japan, Canada, New Zealand and Chile. And…

12 years ago

What’s the Most Earth-Like Planet In The Solar System?

Life on Earth got you down? Thinking you'd like to pick up and move to another planet? I've got bad…

12 years ago

How Will the World End?

There is almost nothing that could completely destroy the earth. Follow your instincts and ignore anyone raising alarms about its…

12 years ago

New Desktop Image Alert: The Moon Over Earth

If you're like me, you don't change your computer's desktop background nearly often enough... especially not considering all the fantastic…

12 years ago

NASA’s Independence Day Fireworks from Wallops Investigates Earth’s Global Daytime Dynamo Current

July 4 Morning Fireworks from NASA! A NASA Black Brant V Sounding Rocket launches in support of the Daytime Dynamo…

12 years ago

When We Look For Life Beyond Earth, Let’s Consider Dying Planets: Study

Bacteria. They're so resilient that they can survive just about anywhere on Earth, even in spots of extreme hot or…

12 years ago

NASA’s Daytime Dynamo Experiment Deploys Lithium to Study Global Ionospheric Communications Disruptions

On June 24, 2013 a pair of daytime sounding rockets will launch from NASA Wallops Flight Facility (WFF) and deploy…

12 years ago