Earth
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…)
Did Snowball Earth Happen Because of a Sudden Drop in Sunlight?
Hundreds of millions of years ago, Earth went through two episodes of severe glaciation. These two episodes—the Sturtian and the…
Microbes Were Dormant for Over 100 Million Years, But They Were Able to Spring Back to Life
At the bottom of the ocean in the South Pacific Gyre, there's a sediment layer that is among the most…
What Cracked the Earth’s Outer Shell and Started its Plate Tectonics?
Earth's lithosphere is made up of seven large tectonic plates and a number of smaller ones. The theory of plate…