Planet Earth experienced a global climate shift in the late 1980s on an unprecedented scale, fuelled by anthropogenic warming and a volcanic eruption, according to new research published this week.
Earth Sciences
Nov 24, 2015
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When telescopes became powerful enough to find planets orbiting distant stars, scientists were surprised to see that a lot of them didn't have atmospheres like Earth's. Instead, they appear to have thick blankets of hydrogen.
Astronomy
Jul 22, 2020
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An international team of researchers, including scholars from the University of Bologna and the Italian National Astrophysics Institute (INAF), observed for the first time the evolution of warm gas coming from an active black ...
Astronomy
Oct 18, 2021
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ESA and NASA signed a statement of intent today to explore concepts for missions to bring samples of martian soil to Earth.
Space Exploration
Apr 27, 2018
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Is Jupiter a friendly planet, Earth's enemy, or perhaps both? For decades, scientists have talked about how the giant gas planet keeps some asteroids from striking our small world, while others have pointed out that Jupiter's ...
Astronomy
Apr 18, 2014
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In the past 50 years it has become commonplace to think of Earth as a nurturing place, straining mightily to maintain equilibrium so that life might continue and flourish.
Archaeology
May 20, 2009
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Using NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have detected a new ultra-short-period exoplanet. The newly found alien world is nearly two times larger than the Earth and orbits its host star in less ...
Have you seen the captivating footage (below) of fighting penguins that went viral recently? Or perhaps you caught the epic battle between two Komodo dragons in the BBC's new Planet Earth II documentary. Wildlife documentaries ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 9, 2016
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Life could be habitable on an Earth-sized waterworld tilted on its side if the oceans aren't too shallow, a new study reveals.
Astronomy
Feb 26, 2015
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Where did Earth's nitrogen come from? Rice University scientists show one primordial source of the indispensable building block for life was close to home.
Astronomy
Jan 21, 2021
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