Earth
Here’s the Earth and Moon Seen from OSIRIS-REx
As it makes its way towards the asteroid Bennu, the OSIRIS-REx mission continues to provide us with breathtaking images of…
Just a Billion Years After the Earth Formed, Life had Already Figured out Plenty of Tricks
According to a recent study, multi-celled lifeforms lived on Earth as early as 3.5 billion years ago - a good…
Maybe Mars and Earth Didn’t Form Close to Each Other
A new study by an international team of researchers has suggested that Mars formed farther from the Sun than previously…
Earth and Venus are the Same Size, so Why Doesn’t Venus Have a Magnetosphere? Maybe it Didn’t Get Smashed Hard Enough
A new study lays out why Venus doiesn't have a magnetic field like Earth's. Basically, it may come down to…
New Study Says Earth Avoided a “Carbon Overdose” During Formation
A new study has indicated that the depletion of carbon from Earth-forming materials may have been essential to life here…
New Study Sheds Light on How Earth and Mars Formed
A new study by researchers from the University of Bristol has shed new light on how the planets like Earth…
NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Captures Lovely Blue Marble during Gravity Assist Swing-by to Asteroid Bennu
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FL - NASA’s OSIRIS-REx asteroid mission captured a lovely ‘Blue Marble’ image of our Home Planet during…
Can Astronauts See Stars From the Space Station?
I've often been asked the question, "Can the astronauts on the Space Station see the stars?" Astronaut Jack Fischer provides…
Satellite Images Show a Trillion Ton Iceberg Broke Off Antarctica
For several months, scientists have been keeping an eye on a piece of Antarctica’s Larsen C ice shelf, waiting for…
How Long is a Day on the Moon?
A single day on the Moon lasts the equivalent of 29.5 Earth days, which is the result of its tidally-locked…