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Less Than a Minute Long Video Presents the Last Billion Years of the Tectonic Plate Movement

Many things have changed on Earth during the last billion years of its existence. The land divided into the seven continents that we’re all aware of, life evolved in the extraordinary diversity of 8.7 million species, humans managed to go…

February 14, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Meteorite Discovered in School Playground Catches the Interest of Many

You don’t see meteorites landing in school playgrounds every day, as most of the space rocks that enter the Earth’s atmosphere get completely shattered due to air friction. However, the playground of a school from Far North Queensland (Australia) is…

February 5, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Climate Change Threatens Water and Food Supply on Earth

Climate change is one of those issues that we cannot neglect nor procrastinate anymore. According to a new study published in Nature Climate Change, climate change will be the culprit for Earth’s tropical rain belt that will cover about two-thirds of…

January 25, 2021 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

NASA Plans to Build Earth’s Largest Telescope on the Moon

Our natural satellite can help humanity in many more ways than anyone would have dared to even imagine a few decades ago. Returning humans to the Moon for building a colony there is a great idea, but sending machines to…

January 25, 2021 · by Jeffrey Olmsted · 0

Building a Colony on an Asteroid Belt Is the New Wild Ambition of Astronomers

Who said that the human race should build a colony only on Mars? Of course, everybody dreams about preparing ourselves a new home way beyond our solar system, whether we’re fans of sci-fi movies or not. But while the current…

January 24, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Simulations Reveal That Life Exists on Earth Due to Pure Luck

Perhaps each one of us had asked himself at least once the age-old philosophical question: why are we here? Of course, many other similar questions need an answer. How did life begin on Earth? How did the laws of physics…

January 21, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Closer To Finding “Earth’s Twin”: Another Super-Earth Discovered

It’s not even mandatory to be a scientist to realize that we cannot be alone in the Universe. Imagine a world that hosts creatures very similar to humans, that’s what we would encounter on a so-called “Earth’s twin”. Scientists hope…

January 14, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Scientists Struggle To Find Out Why The Earth Has Been Spinning Faster Than Ever

We should all be very thankful for the simple act of spinning that our precious Earth goes through every single day and night. But the spinning itself happens at a higher rate than expected, baffling the minds of scientist. Phys.org brings…

January 8, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

Earth is Closer to The Sun Than it Will Ever Be in 2021

The new year comes with cosmic treats, as NASA itself says it. 2020 was pretty rich in astronomical events, and we can remind of the Halloween’s Blue Moon, the conjunction between Jupiter and Saturn, the Perseid meteor shower, or the…

January 4, 2021 · by Anna Daniels · 0

New Research Reveals Unexpected Emergence for Life on Mars

We can’t be alone in the Universe, and it’s not even mandatory to be a scientist to figure that out. Common sense tells us that the observable portion of spacetime is way too huge to harbour a single planet with…

December 5, 2020 · by Anna Daniels · 0