Study Reveals Ancient Impact of Massive Asteroid
A newly published study reveals an ancient asteroid impact that left a crater nearly 500 kilometers across: up to two and a half times larger…
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Study Reveals How and When Earth Developed Its Rigid Tectonic Plates
Newly published research from Yale University and Université de Lyon in France shows how and when Earth developed its rigid tectonic plates and why Venus…
Arctic Melt Season is Lengthening by Several Days Each Decade
A new study by NSIDC and NASA researchers reveals that length of the melt season for Arctic sea ice is growing by several days each…
Research Reveals New Man-Made Ozone-Depleting Gases in the Atmosphere
New research from scientists at the University of East Anglia reveals four new man-made gases in the atmosphere that are contributing to the destruction of…
AIM Monitors Electric-Blue Noctilucent Clouds over Antarctica
New data from NASA’s AIM spacecraft show a vast bank of noctilucent clouds blanketing Antarctica. Data from NASA’s AIM spacecraft show that noctilucent clouds are…
Researchers Discover the Coldest Place on Earth
While analyzing detailed global surface temperature maps, researchers discovered the coldest place on Earth: a high ridge in Antarctica on the East Antarctic Plateau. What…
NASA Satellites View Super Typhoon Haiyan
New satellite data from NASA provide a glimpse into one of the most powerful storms ever recorded on Earth, Super Typhoon Haiyan. New satellite images…
Geoscientists Building Whole-Earth Model to Study Long-Term Climate Evolution
Geoscientists from Rice University are building a whole-Earth model to study long-term climate evolution, focusing on how carbon moves between Earth’s external and internal systems….
First Definitive Proof of a Comet Striking Earth Millions of Years Ago
A team of scientists has discovered the first definitive proof of a comet striking Earth millions of years ago. The first ever evidence of a…
Climate Models Predict 21st Century Temperature and Precipitation Changes
This four minute video shows climate model estimates on how global temperature and precipitation patterns will change throughout the 21st century given current rising greenhouse…
Scientists Estimate Earth’s Remaining Habitable Lifetime, Examine Habitability of Exoplanets
By using habitable zone and stellar evolution models, astrobiologists from the University of East Anglia have estimated that habitable conditions on Earth will be possible…
Scientists Link Earth’s Westward Drift of Magnetic Field and Superrotation of Inner Core
In a newly published study, researchers from the University of Leeds detail how they solved a 300-year-old riddle about which direction the center of the…
Could Life on Earth Have Originated from Somewhere Else?
New research presented at the European Planetary Science Congress at UCL examines whether life forms would be able to survive an impact with the surface…
Tamu Massif Confirmed as Largest Single Volcano on Earth
Scientists have confirmed that the northwest Pacific is home to the largest single volcano yet documented on Earth. Houston – A University of Houston (UH)…
Scientists Discover Mega-Canyon under Greenland Ice Sheet
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown canyon hidden beneath two kilometers of ice in Greenland. The canyon is at least 750km long and in places…
“Hidden Flux” of Material May Help Explain Earth’s Origins
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
Cassini Will Photograph Earth in Natural Color
On the 19th of July, NASA’s Cassini probe will take a mosaic picture of Earth while Saturn is eclipsing the sun from Cassini’s point of…
Study Suggests Life on Earth is the Result of Icy Comets
A newly published study suggests that life on earth may have started as a result of icy comets that crashed into Earth billions of years…