Interactive map shows you where your home was millions of years ago
A scientist built a web tool that lets you find out where your town was millions of years ago on Earth. Earth’s plates have shifted …
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This is how cold the last ice age really was
A new study has revealed what global temperatures were like during the most recent ice age. The research suggests that temperatures were roughly 11 degrees …
Scientists studying Earth’s core have come up with a shocking estimate
Scientists studying the age of Earth’s core have found that it’s likely much younger than some estimates suggested. Experimenting with iron under extreme conditions allowed …
A distant star explosion may have triggered mass extinction on Earth
A distant star explosion could have been responsible for a massive extinction event on Earth. A new paper suggests that a star some 65 light-years …
Scientists say ‘anomaly’ in Earth’s magnetic field is splitting
Researchers have spotted interesting changes in the South Atlantic Anomaly, which is a region of Earth’s magnetic field that has a large dent. The area …
Hubble just made a major breakthrough in the search for alien life
NASA used the sunlight beaming through Earth’s atmosphere and bouncing off of the Moon to analyze our planet’s atmosphere. The experiment was a sort of …
Two schoolgirls spotted an asteroid headed straight for Earth
A newly-detected asteroid has been spotted by a pair of schoolgirls in India. The two teenagers found the asteroid in images collected by a telescope …
This is the best place on Earth to watch the stars, but it’s freezing
Scientists have pinpointed the best place on the planet to stick a telescope, but you wouldn’t want to live there. The highest ice dome on …
China delivers a stunning photo of Earth and the Moon from its Mars probe
China’s mission to Mars took a moment to capture the Earth and Moon in its rearview mirror. The mission will be the first Chinese rover …
Dogs possess an ability that humans can only dream of
A new study reveals that dogs are incredibly good at forging shortcuts in areas that are unfamiliar to them. The impressive ability appears to be …
Should we create our own alien life in outer space?
NASA is doing everything it can to avoid bringing Earthly organisms to other worlds, but what if we should be doing the opposite? Seeding other …
We might finally know how old the Moon is
Researchers from the German Aerospace Center say they’ve developed a new numerical model that suggests the Moon is a bit younger than anyone thought. The …
Huge methane spike is contributing to climate change
Researchers studying global methane levels from 2000 to 2017 have shown a dramatic spike in the amount of gas in our atmosphere. Methane is less …
The Earth’s magnetic field just did something scientists rarely see
Scientists detected a strange ripple through Earth’s magnetic field without any obvious source. The wave was detected by scientists around the world, and it wasn’t …
Study says Milky Way may host six billion Earth-like worlds
Scientists using data from the Kepler Space Telescope estimate that there are roughly 6 billion Earth-like worlds in the Milky Way galaxy. The researchers suggest …
Scientists spot ‘hot, dense structures’ hiding near Earth’s core
Geophysicists have detected large structures hiding near the boundary between Earth’s mantle and core. These structures, which are areas of surprisingly dense rock, were mapped …
Astronomers might’ve found a planet just like Earth orbiting its own Sun
A possible Earth-like planet was detected orbiting a star that is a lot like our own Sun. The planet candidate is called KOI-456.04, it’s just …
‘Young Earths’ might be easier to find than we thought
A new study suggests that Earth-like planets may be easy to spot in space when they’re very young. Rocky worlds originate as “magma oceans” that …
Carbon dioxide levels just hit a scary new high
Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels reached a new record high based on a new report from scientists studying the trends. As a greenhouse gas, CO2 traps …
‘Potentially hazardous’ mile-wide asteroid will cruise past Earth on Thursday
An asteroid considered “potentially hazardous” by NASA will pass by Earth on May 21st. The rock, which might be up to a mile in diameter, …
The coronavirus pandemic made the entire Earth quieter
Coronavirus lockdown measures have forced daily life to change, and that means humans are making less noise on Earth. With less traffic and other human …
A tube that did nothing but eat and poop is your oldest ancestor
The ancestor of all animal life, including humans, was discovered in fossils from Australia. The tiny, worm-like creature had an opening in its front and …
Plastic smells like food to sea turtles, scientists say
Plastics in the ocean smell like food to sea turtles, a new study published in Current Biology reveals. Plastic waste catches microorganisms and algae, becoming …
A day on Earth was a half-hour shorter just 70 million years ago
A day on Earth was just 23.5 hours long, 70 million years ago. Researchers discovered this by studying the growth rings of ancient mollusk fossils. …
Earth was a true ‘waterworld’ world 3 billion years ago, according to fascinating new research
If you had a time machine that allowed you to cruise far into Earth’s incredible history, you’d probably want to avoid a window of time …
Earth might have caught a new moon, and it’s super tiny
Many of the planets in our solar system have multiple moons, and some even have dozens of large objects cruising around in orbit around them. …
Can this hideous fish solve world hunger?
When it comes to solving the world’s hunger problems, we often focus on maximizing crop yields and changes the food producers could make to better …
Here’s how MIT wants to save Earth from killer asteroids
If science fiction movies have taught us anything, it’s that saving Earth from a killer asteroid is going to take some big drills and probably …
Humans are releasing way more methane than we thought
In our continued efforts to get human-caused climate change under control, carbon dioxide emissions are a big target for elimination, and for good reason. Carbon …
NASA missed these 11 dangerous asteroids, but an AI caught them
There are lots and lots of space rocks hanging out in our solar system. Most of them will never pose a threat to our planet, …
