NASA said that its Kepler spacecraft has spotted “ Earth’s bigger, older cousin ”: the first nearly Earth-size planet to be found in the habitable zone of a star similar to our own. Though NASA can’t say for sure whether the planet is rocky li…
Yeti Dynamics, a YouTuber , developed a movie to demonstrate the size of the planets in our solar system by placing them in a familiar context: the Moon. See for yourself by scrolling down!
Two satellites' data provide a breath-taking cloudless view of Earth, complete with an astonishing 80 trillion pixels. The mosaic of photos was captured by the Sentinel-2 satellites, which are operated by the European Space Agency (ESA) and …
Key Takeaways Astrobiologists propose the concept of “planetary intelligence,” suggesting that Earth itself may possess a collective knowledge and cognition. This idea could help address global issues like climate change and aid in the search for e…
The second deepest blue hole in the world has been discovered off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico. The giant, underwater cavern is around 900 feet deep and spans an area of 147,000 square feet. Underwater images showing the second d…
In the last 260 million years, dinosaurs came and went, Pangea split into the continents and islands we see today, and humans have quickly and irreversibly changed the world we live in. Geologic activity on Earth appears to follow a 27.5-million…
Sorʋagsʋatn, also called Leitisʋatn, is located in the northern part of Vagar, an island located in the Danish archipelago of the Faroe Islands. The lake is known for the singularity of its position, close to a precipice on the Atlantic which froм …
The Mayan calendar’s 819-day cycle has confounded scholars for decades, but new research shows how it matches up to planetary cycles over a 45-year span. That’s a much broader view of the tricky calendar than anyone previously tried to take. In …
Key Takeaways Astrobiologists propose the concept of “planetary intelligence,” suggesting that Earth itself may possess a collective knowledge and cognition. This idea could help address global issues like climate change and aid in the search for e…
Last weekend, stargazers in Alaska were treated to an unusual sight; an eerie, pale blue spiral that appeared in the night sky. It emerged during a display of the Northern Lights, where charged particles from the sun interacted with the Earth…
Scientists have stitched together the most high-resolution map yet of the underlying geology beneath Earth's Southern Hemisphere, revealing something previously undiscovered: an ancient ocean floor that may wrap around the core. This thin bu…
A ring of red light appears to hang above an Italian town. (Image credit: Valter Binotto) An enormous, circular halo of eerie red light, which looks like something out of a sci-fi movie, recently flashed in the night sky above Italy. The bizarre di…
Construction workers have accidentally dug up a 40,000 year old tree that will give scientists insight into what will happen when Earth’s magnetic poles flip, which they are already starting to do. Every 200,000 to 300,000 years, Earth’s magneti…
