Earth is covered in water. It’s the big blue marble, and oceans dominate its surface… but what if they didn’t? What if Earth’s oceans were 100, 1,000, or even 10,000 meters lower than >>
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Two satellites are about to make an incredibly close pass in Earth orbit
It’s easy to imagine the area around Earth being so incredibly large that there’s no way we could ever clog it with manmade debris. Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Humans >>
NASA’s TESS spots possible ‘second Earth’ nearby
In the exoplanet-hunting game, scientists are collecting discoveries faster than they can actually sit back and study them. There’s a lot of planets out there, but the most exciting ones are those that >>
Climate change could make us dumber… literally
Some might argue that mankind’s gradual destruction of planet Earth is proof that we’re not the smartest species around. I mean, how smart can we really be if we, as a species, refuse >>
If aliens exist, their home systems may be totally unlike our own
Earth is the only planet we know of that currently hosts life in any form. Because of that, it’s tempting to assume that, in the search for extraterrestrial life, we should be hunting >>
The ozone hole is smaller than ever
The hole in the ozone layer is one of the most glaring examples of how human activity has changed Earth in a negative way. Decades ago, scientists realized that the ozone in the >>
Scientists just proved that life on Earth stretches back at least 3.5 billion years
Determining how far back in Earth’s history life took root has been an immense challenge for scientists over the years. Finding fossils dating back tens of millions of years can be difficult, but >>
Scientists discover entirely new mineral hiding out in South Africa
We generally have a pretty solid grasp of what kinds of materials exist in Earth’s crust, but despite centuries of study, sometimes our planet throws researchers a curveball. For one Ph.D. student from >>
