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How to See a Spacecraft Slingshot Around Earth on Monday Night

Sun, 08/18/2024 - 17:25

Esa Juice Earth Moon Flyby Gravity Assist

Space, spaceflight, Earth, european space agency, jupiter, jupiter icy moons explorer, spacecraft

Earth's inner core reversed direction and is slowing down, and scientists don't know why

Tue, 07/02/2024 - 11:13

illustration of earth's 4 planetary layers: the crust, mantle, outer core, and inner core — Earth's inner core has been exhibiting some unusual behavior.
Christoph Burgstedt/Getty Images

Science, Earth, earth-science, Earthquake

The Mysterious X Factor Behind 2023's Unbelievable Heat

Thu, 06/06/2024 - 06:27

Gizmodo : Environment

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ocean heat content, Environment, wallace broecker, samantha burgess, climate change in australia, Earth, gavin schmidt

This diagram shows what happens during a total solar eclipse

Sun, 04/07/2024 - 10:58

Total solar eclipse — A total solar eclipse at 100% totality.
John Finney photography / Getty Images

Science, total-solar-eclipse, Sun, moon, Earth, eclipse, Space

Monday's solar eclipse had nothing to do with the earthquake that rocked the East Coast today

Fri, 04/05/2024 - 13:42

collage of eclipse and seismograph — Despite what you may have heard, there is no correlation between the total solar eclipse and the earthquake that shook the Northeast on April 5.
MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Furchin / Getty Images

Science, Science, geology, Earth, new-york-city, Philadelphia, new-jersey

Human activities are changing Earth's spin so much that it might affect how we keep time

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 10:30

A nigh sky full of stars photographed with long exposure — You can't tell from standing on it, but Earth's rotation rate is changing.
Alexandr Gryzlov / Getty Images

Science, Earth, ice-melt, climate-change, Time, atomic-clocks, computing

Obama takes a shot at the likes of Musk and Bezos, says we must protect Earth before colonizing Mars

Thu, 03/14/2024 - 07:12

A photo montage shows Barack Obama (left) Elon Musk (middle) and Jeff Bezos (right) — A photo montage shows Barack Obama (left) Elon Musk (middle) and Jeff Bezos (right).
Mark Makela/Getty Images; Andreas Solaro/AFP via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images

Science, news-uk, barack-obama, president-barack-obama, Mars, elon-musk, jeff-bezos

Mars could be creating 'giant whirlpools' deep within our planet's oceans

Wed, 03/13/2024 - 09:05

A photo montage shows a composite image of Mars next to a satellite image of ocean currents swirling off the coast of Ireland. — A photo montage shows Mars (left) which some scientists say can influence Earth's ocean currents, like the eddies seen here off the coast of Ireland (right).
NASA/Getty Images; Norman Kuring/NASA GSFC; Business Insider

Science, news-uk, Mars, Earth, geology, Climate, Oceans

The Expanse Is Finally Getting the Kick-Ass Action Figures It Deserves

Wed, 02/28/2024 - 12:00

Much-loved sci-fi TV series The Expanse had so much going for it, with memorable characters navigating high-stakes space action as well as often tense person

the expanse, thomas jane, dominique tipper, josephus miller, steven strait, frankie adams, amos

This animation shows why leap years are necessary. Without them, December would eventually drift into summer.

Tue, 02/27/2024 - 18:07

earth in space with swirling clouds green and brown continents overlaid with giant calendar illustration showing February 29 — Leap Day is coming up and its purpose is to keep our seasons in check.
Norman Kuring/NASA/GSFC/Suomi NPP; bgblue; Business Insider

Science, leap-year, Seasons, February, Planet, Earth, Animations

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