Beyond the Moon: A closer look at Earth’s quiet asteroid companions |
For years, scientists have known that Earth shares its orbit with a small group of space rocks known…
ESA’s Swarm spots a fast-growing anomaly in the Earth’s magnetic field
A representation of the South Atlantic Anomaly in 2025 (Image source: Finlay, C.C. et al., 2025; cropped) Using…
Total Solar Eclipses Can Trigger Dawn Behavior in Birds, Scientists Say
On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse disrupted light-dark cycles for North American birds during the lead-up…
A ‘gravity anomaly’ from 2007 may have impacted Earth in one unusual way
A ‘gravity anomaly’ may sound dramatic, but as defined by EBSCO, they pertain to “deviations in the expected…
From Earth to Orbit: Jeff Bezos Envisions Data Centers in Space
The rapidly growing energy needs generated by the artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing data centers to the edge,…
MIT scientists find traces of ancient Earth deep beneath surface
Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and international collaborators have identified what appears to be preserved material…
Photographers in Space and on Earth Capture Same Scenes at Same Time
In October 2024, the aurora borealis lit up Earth. Astronaut Don Pettit captured it from the ISS, while…
Blackwater photography reveals new fish-anemone interactions
This is a juvenile orange filefish (Aluterus schoepfii) swimming while holding a Palythoa polyp larva in its mouth.…
Why Are Planets Tilted In Our Solar System? This Study Has A Theory
When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that…
Astronomers spot young rogue planet gobbling up its surroundings
WASHINGTON – Just as Earth orbits the sun, most planets discovered beyond our solar system orbit a host…
Southward Impact Excavated Magma Ocean at Moon’s Biggest Crater: Study
Roughly 4.3 billion years ago, when our Solar System was still in its infancy, a giant asteroid slammed…
A planetary collision struck life into the Earth
Before becoming the only planet in our solar system teeming with life, Earth was a desolate, stony globe…