Earth
How Does Mercury Compare to Earth?
Mercury and Earth are a study in contrasts, with serious differences in their orbits, atmospheres, surface temperatures, and annual/diurnal cycles.…
Construction Tips from a Type 2 Engineer: Collaboration with Isaac Arthur
Fraser Cain and Isaac Arthur team up again to bring you another epic collaboration. This time, it’s construction tips from…
Can We Own Space? Buying Your Own Piece of the High Frontier
Owning land here on Earth is nice and legal. But what about a plot of land on the Moon or…
Scientists Propose a New Kind of Planet: A Smashed Up Torus of Hot Vaporized Rock
Under the right conditions, two colliding rocky bodies might form a temporary structure called a 'synestia'. This rotating mass of…
Weekly Space Hangout – May 19, 2017: Eric Fisher of Labfundr
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Eric Fisher is the head of Labfundr, a Canadian crowdsourcing platform for science research…
Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Hit in Exactly the Wrong Place
A new BBC documentary called "The Day The Dinosaurs Died" explains how things might have been different for the dinosaurs…
Mysterious Flashes Coming From Earth That Puzzled Carl Sagan Finally Have An Explanation
NASA's EPIC camera aboard NOAA's DSCOVR spacecraft solves decades old mystery that stymied Carl Sagan. Mysterious flashes are mysterious no…
New Estimate Puts the Supernova Killzone Within 50 Light-Years of Earth
A new paper on supernovae and the effects on Earth increases the so-called "Supernova Kill-Zone" to 50 light years.
Early Earth Was Almost Entirely Underwater, With Just A Few Islands
Ancient grains of the mineral zircon help researchers paint a picture of Earth in the Hadean Eon, and that picture…
NASA Releases Spellbinding Images Of Earth At Night
New night-time images of Earth are more than just eye-candy. They can be a vital tool for scientists and governments.