It turns out that this period was far more dynamic than scientists once believed. At the very least, it paved the way for the emergence of complex life forms like…

A team of scientists from the University of Science and Technology of Macau (China) says that leakage of oxygen from Earth is likely responsible for transforming iron into hematite (oxidized…

Our planet’s faithful companion has existed for 4.5 billion years. But like everything in the universe, it isn’t static. Dr. Steven Dickey, an astrophysicist at the University of Michigan, says…

Researchers report that in the coming weeks Earth will rotate a bit faster, shortening the length of some days. July 9 was already a shorter day. The same is expected…

Researchers say Earth will rotate slightly faster in the coming weeks, shortening some days by about 1.3 to 1.51 milliseconds. July 9 was also a slightly shorter day. The same…

For the first time since precise measurements began, the average monthly concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has topped 430 parts per million (ppm). Researchers at the Scripps Institution…

Analysis of isotopes from volcanic rock on the Hawaiian Islands has confirmed the presence of precious metals, including gold, in the Earth’s crust. A team from the University of Göttingen…

Nearly three-quarters of Earth is ocean, which makes our planet look like a pale blue dot from space. But researchers in Japan published evidence that Earth’s oceans were once green…

The European Space Agency’s annual report on the space environment warns that space debris is increasing rapidly. There are far more nonfunctional satellites than working ones, which makes the problem…

Dongral Ryu, a professor of hydrology at the University of Melbourne, and his colleague Ki-Won So report that global warming has sharply reduced the amount of water available worldwide, especially…

A new model of Earth’s climate system suggests that if global temperatures pass the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 °C limit, it could set off a chain of irreversible tipping points. German…

Not only did researchers at Cambridge and Manchester study this — artificial intelligence got involved too. The Daily Mail asked an AI to depict possible forms of life on the…

Mars is a cold, seemingly dead planet, but it’s also incredibly beautiful. NASA has released images of natural phenomena we will never see on Earth. They look magical and a…

The Moon’s temperature, like Earth’s, changes depending on whether sunlight is hitting its surface. But the swings are much larger than on our planet. “The temperature wildly fluctuates from extremely…

The gas giant Jupiter is the largest planet in the Solar System and the fifth planet from the Sun. But if Jupiter has no surface, what does it have? Let’s…

Despite the fact that the Moon is Earth’s closest neighbor, scientists have been struggling with the mystery of its origin for centuries. In the 1980s, astronomers suggested that this natural…

This scientific breakthrough allowed the team to uncover a number of secrets hidden within the depths of our planet. Using the research vessel JOIDES Resolution, scientists drilled a 1,268-meter hole…

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART spacecraft deliberately struck Dimorphos, the small moon of asteroid Didymos, to change its orbit. According to NASA, the DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) mission…

New evidence that the impactor came from beyond Jupiter could help resolve a long-running debate in cosmochemistry. When an asteroid struck the Gulf of Mexico 66 million years ago, Earth…

Perhaps you already feel that the day is dragging on unbearably long? Likely, it’s not just your boring job to blame. The reason lies in the inner core’s behavior —…