How Earth's early cycles shaped the chemistry of life
A new study explores how complex chemical mixtures change under shifting environmental conditions, shedding light on the ...
How Can My Valentine’s Flowers Show the Earth Love, Too?
One way to simplify things is by buying a classic bunch of tulips. This is the only flower mass-grown in the United States in ...
Yes, the odds of an asteroid striking Earth have doubled. No, you don't need to worry
At the end of 2024, astronomers detected an asteroid in the night sky. It was given the designation Y, since it was ...
Chances of asteroid striking Earth in the next decade has nearly doubled, NASA says
The chances of an asteroid striking Earth within the next decade has doubled in a matter of weeks, according to NASA ...
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Earth’s Mysterious Inner Core Is Changing Shape
Earth’s core is transforming, which could affect the length of our 24-hour day, Earth’s magnetic field, and more ...
Earth's acid test: When did ocean acidity allow life to commence?
Scientists at Yale and in Singapore have devised what may be the ultimate acid test—a comprehensive model for estimating the ...
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The Otherwise Unremarkable ‘Rock Boxes’ That Brought Pieces of the Moon Back to Earth
Its official name is the Apollo Lunar Sample Return Container No. 1008, but everyone, including Teasel Muir-Harmony, curator ...
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What would happen if the OSIRIS-REx asteroid Bennu smashed into Earth in 2182?
Scientists simulated what would happen if a medium-size asteroid were to strike Earth. One of those space rocks, asteroid ...
Ukraine’s rare earth minerals could help keep U.S. military aid flowing
U.S. military aid for developing Ukraine’s mineral industry, a potential source of rare elements used in technology.
US Treasury Secretary to visit Ukraine for talks on rare earth minerals
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will travel to Ukraine this week, Donald Trump wrote in a social media post on Tuesday, ...
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought
Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...