Astronaut’s Remarkable Image Captures Milky Way Beyond Earth’s Horizon
The shot of our planet and the great cosmos beyond offers an eerie sense of scale to our quotidian situations on Earth.
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Readers discuss Earth’s hidden electric field, black hole measurements, more
Reader Jayant Bhalerao, a college physics instructor, found the story useful in class: “We will share it with our students, so that they can appreciate how ...
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Next ice age would hit Earth in 11,000 years if it weren't for climate change, scientists say
Scientists have determined exactly how Earth's orbit and tilt affect glaciation and deglaciation, based on the length of ...
Ancient glacier finding reveals clues to how complex life on Earth evolved, scientists say
Glaciers once inched toward the sea, gouging rocks. When the ice masses melted, they infused oceans with nutrients that may ...
This Asteroid Had a 3 Percent Chance of Hitting Earth and Now It’s Zero
For a brief moment, it looked like asteroid 2024 YR4 had a real shot at hitting Earth in 2032. With its impact probability climbing to a record-breaking 3%, astronomers scrambled to refine its ...
As the US-Ukraine rare earth minerals deal takes shape, here's what to know
President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelennskyy are set to sign a framework for the U.S. and Ukraine to ...
How did life develop on early Earth? New source of nitrogen discovered
Living organisms need nitrogen as a central building block for protein formation, for example. However, although our ...
Will an asteroid hit Earth? Likely not. NASA gives 'all clear' as odds fall to near zero
The space rock caused quite a stir after astronomers first spotted it last year on a trajectory bringing it uncomfortably ...
What are Russia's rare earth metals ambitions?
President Vladimir Putin has offered the U.S. the opportunity under a future economic deal to jointly explore Russia's rare ...
Cozy Earth Semi-Annual Sale: Shop Oprah’s ‘favorite’ sheets, joggers and more for up to 25% off
Stars and editors alike love Cozy Earth’s luxe bedding and PJs, but it’s so much nicer to shop them while they’re on sale.
New findings date Los Chocoyos supereruption to 79,500 years ago, and show Earth bounced back within decades
An international team of Earth and life scientists, hydrologists, chemists, and physicists, has found evidence showing that ...