Tag: Earths
Ancient Sponges May Be Earth’s First Animals, New MIT Evidence Shows
MIT researchers traced chemical fossils in ancient rocks back to the ancestors of today’s demosponges. A team of geochemists...
3.3-Billion-Year-Old Crystals Reveal Earth’s Hidden Tectonic Past
A new study reveals surprising clues about the beginnings of subduction on Earth. The Hadean Eon, which lasted from...
2950 Feet Wide: Earth’s Largest Modern Crater Discovered in China
The Jinlin crater, measuring 900 meters across, formed during Earth’s current geological epoch. A recently identified and exceptionally well-preserved...
Biologists Discover Life in One of Earth’s Most Hostile Places
Researchers use lipid biomarkers to uncover how organisms survive in extreme ecosystems. A surprising variety of life exists within...
The Worlds at the Earth’s Core
The path leading from Edmond Halley’s writings on magnetism to UFOs under Brazil is as convoluted as you might...
Shocking Discovery About Earth’s Magnetosphere Challenges Decades of Theory
Scientists have discovered that Earth’s magnetosphere is charged opposite to what was once believed. The area of space influenced...
Earth’s Crust Is Breaking Apart off the Pacific Northwest
A subduction zone near Cascadia is unraveling piece by piece. The process offers a rare glimpse into how tectonic...
So Close! A Small Asteroid Just Skimmed Past Earth’s Edge
Asteroid 2025 TF zoomed over Antarctica just 266 miles above Earth, roughly the same height as the ISS. Detected...
Scientists Warn Earth’s 1.5°C Carbon Budget Is Almost Gone
At current emission rates, the world has just over three years before surpassing the carbon budget needed to limit...
NASA’s Tiny PREFIRE Satellites Just Uncovered a Hidden Driver of Earth’s Storms
NASA’s PREFIRE mission, now extended through 2026, is shifting from the poles to a global view. Its twin CubeSats...
NISAR Blasts Into Orbit: World’s Most Advanced Radar Satellite to Scan Earth’s Surface Every 12 Days
NASA and India’s ISRO have launched a cutting-edge Earth-observing satellite called NISAR, equipped with the most advanced radar systems...
Eyes on Venus: Earth’s Weather Satellites Unlock Secrets of the Hottest Planet
The outlook is promising for future long-term monitoring of planets across multiple wavelengths. Infrared imaging data from Japan’s Himawari-8...