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Gamma-ray bursts reveal largest structure in the universe is bigger and closer to Earth than we knew: 'The jury is still out on what it all means.'
The Milky Way, our home galaxy, is part of a different supercluster called Laniakea, which, at 500 million light-years wide, ...
Scientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada
Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...
Earth's orbit may be in trouble. Why space debris is to blame.
There are roughly 1.1 million debris fragments larger than 0.04 inches and about 40,500 fragments larger than 4 inches in orbit according to the ESA. NASA states that debris can reach speeds of 18,000 ...
Earth’s Water Origin Unlocked: Meteorite’s Hidden Hydrogen Surprise
Oxford researchers have unearthed a cosmic surprise showing that the hydrogen needed for water was embedded in the very rocks ...
Start your week smart: Earth Day, Pope Francis, Alien Enemies Act, Ukraine-Russia truce, ‘50501’ protests
But as other industrialized nations make strides to reduce emissions, the US appears to be shifting into reverse. On the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump signed actions to pull the ...
The Fens and the flat Earth conspiracy
Conspiracy theories might feel like a modern phenomenon, but one has its roots in the flat landscape of the Cambridgeshire ...
Planetary scientists reveal how the Earth and Moon actually formed
Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...
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Scientists can map subtle shifts in Earth's gravity using atoms
NASA’s quantum sensor satellite will map gravity shifts to uncover Earth’s hidden resources, changes, and patterns.
How did water end up on Earth? New evidence upends long-held theory.
All that said, the findings can’t confirm the terrestrial life theory beyond a doubt. There’s still a chance hydrogen-heavy ...
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The world’s biggest space-based radar will measure Earth’s forests from orbit
The Biomass mission will use a long-forbidden part of the radio spectrum to see how much carbon forests capture.