Asteroid to hit Earth in 14 years in new impact scenario, enough time for NASA to save us?
There are many ways our civilization could come to an abrupt end, but only a handful of them involve forces […]
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Boiled rocks from the Earth’s crust destroyed an ocean in Mongolia 410 million years ago
Over 400 million years ago, an upwelling of hot rock from the Earth’s mantle destroyed the crust in Mongolia, creating
Study reveals rapid evolution and global spread of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Credit: Public Domain Pixabay/CC0 Pseudomonas aeruginosa—an environmental bacterium that can cause devastating multidrug-resistant infections, especially in people with underlying lung
Extreme solar flares and weak magnetic fields threaten life on Earth
Recent studies have highlighted the catastrophic potential of extreme solar flares, especially when combined with a weakened magnetic field. These
What is Aphelion? Earth reaches its greatest distance from the Sun on Friday
It’s summer in the northern hemisphere. But while you’re enjoying long, balmy days at the beach or elsewhere in nature,
Giant dinosaur skeleton discovered in US state: ‘Extremely unusual’ 30-foot Cretaceous-era monster nearly intact in ‘rare’ find dating back 80 million years
The most complete dinosaur fossil ever discovered in Mississippi, called “highly unusual” by state officials, remains 85 percent buried since
The mystery of the heartbeats of dead stars may have a twisted solution
Scientists may have discovered the secret to the still-beating hearts of the universe’s most extreme “dead stars,” and the explanation
New theory reveals fracture mechanism in soft materials
Schematic representation of the considered surface instability showing the reference and actual configurations, also detailing the nature of the boundary
New DNA evidence challenges woolly mammoth extinction theory
How the woolly mammoth, an Ice Age ambassador, ended up confined to modern-day Wrangel … [+] The island? And what
Earth’s upper atmosphere may hold a lost part of the universe, new research suggests
Earth may be swimming through an ocean of dark matter—and waves in that invisible ocean swirling against our planet’s upper