Earth
Every Year NASA Simulates Our View of the Moon for the Upcoming 12 Months. Here’s 2021, Hour by Hour
There's no real reason most of us need to know what the Moon will look like on any particular day…
There Might Be Water On All Rocky Planets
If you asked someone who was reasonably scientifically literate how Earth got its water, they'd likely tell you it came…
Scientists in Japan Have Found a Detailed Record of the Earth’s Last Magnetic Reversal, 773,000 Years Ago
Every 200,000 to 300,000 years Earth's magnetic poles reverse. What was once the north pole becomes the south, and vice…
Geologists Have Found the Earth’s Missing Tectonic Plate
Northern Canada has been keeping a secret from the rest of the world. It's home to "Resurrection," a tectonic plate…
Great Barrier Reef Has Lost Half of its Coral Over the Last 25 Years
A new study found that warmer ocean temperatures driven by climate change have caused Australia’s Great Barrier Reef to lose…
A Supernova Exploded Dangerously Close to Earth 2.5 Million Years Ago
In its 4.5 billion year history, Earth has had to run the gauntlet. Numerous catastrophes have imperilled the planet, from…
A New Mass Extinction has been Discovered, Wiping Out Life 233 Million Years Ago, and Leading to the Rise of the Dinosaurs
Most everybody knows that the dinosaurs perished rapidly in a tumultuous extinction, caused by an asteroid strike about 66 million…
This is the View You Get Staring out of the Space Station’s Cupola Module
Those lucky few who have the incredible opportunity to see the Earth from space often report the view gives them…
Earth’s Oxygen Could be Making the Moon Rust
It takes oxygen to make iron rust. So when scientists discovered hematite spread widely through lunar high latitudes, they were…
Can you tell the difference between California, Venus, Titan and Mars? Hint: California is the one with buildings.
Californians woke up to an alien-looking sky this morning, Wednesday, September 9, 2020. (more…)