Mars is also a wobbly planet like Earth, and we don’t know why
Maybe this discovery can help us understand them both.
Tag: earth
A Big Blue Marble. A History of Earth from Space
Over 70 years as humanity has begun to explore space, we have upon occasion, turned our gaze back to our ...
Sea turtles are amazing navigators — but they only use crude maps
Sea turtles have an internal compass -- but it's not perfect. They can go the wrong way for hundreds of ...
Jupiter will be very bright and visible tonight, as it comes closest to Earth
It's going to be a good month for stargazers.
Seismic waves reveal surprisingly widespread blobs near the Earth’s core
Our planet's core might be pockmarked with hot blobs. We don't know what they are, we don't know where they're ...
Scientists have new evidence that Earth’s inner core may be rotating
It's the strongest evidence yet that Earth's inner core is rotating.
Splendid animation shows the Earth without water — it’s stunning
... and very, very brown.
In the Earth’s core, it’s snowing iron
Seasonally appropriate news.
Exoplanets could have better conditions for life than Earth, study finds
"This is a surprising conclusion," the team admits.
Earth’s history gets rewritten by a single drop of water
The findings show that plate tectonics started 3.3 billion years ago, coinciding with the period when life started on Earth.
Humanity has already spent all of Earth’s environmental budget for 2019
Happy world overshoot day!
Climate warming is definitely, for sure, no doubt about it, our fault, says new study
More like "yet another new study."
Earth’s core is a lot like oil and vinegar — in a way
Our planet is one big salad.
Half of all water in the oceans may have come from ancient asteroid collisions
The mystery of Earth's water may have been solved by a team of Japanese researchers.
Ocean of magma blasted into space may explain how the moon formed
Finally, a theory that explains how the moon formed that isn't too over the top.
Alien-world-hunting satellite finds its first Earth-sized planet
Researchers had hoped that at least 300 of them would be the size of our home planet. Well, they found ...
This new approach to spotting incoming asteroids should keep our planet safe
"With the we can spot objects regardless of their surface color, and use it to measure their sizes ...
Planetary fragments orbiting dead star hints at what Earth’s final days might look like
The surviving fragments of planet orbiting a white dwarf have been found by a team of astronomers.
What causes the seasons?
It's all in the tilt.
Earth’s inner core became solid just in time to save the planet
Drama, suspense, plot twists -- science has it all!