Karen Hflipped into Environment Extinction Earth Is on the Cusp of the Sixth Mass Extinction. Here’s What Paleontologists Want You to Know discovermagazine.com - Avery Hurt There have been five mass extinctions in our planet's history. The sixth will be more of a slow burn, and unlike the ones before it, humanity is to …
Christopher Millerflipped into StufftrestsThe Arctic Dramatic changes in the Arctic suggest climate change could return Earth to Pliocene conditions of 3 million years ago verified_publisherMarketWatch - Julie Brigham-Grette Steve Petsch Norway's Svalbard archipelago, which lies about 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle, experienced record-breaking heat this summer. Every year, sea …
TPFflipped into 🔬 🧬 🕵️♂️ 🧪 SCIENCE: DISCOVERIES, INNOVATIONS, RESEARCH & BREAKTHROUGHS, UNIQUE IDEAS & MORE! DIG IN! IT’S BRAIN FOOD — SO... FEED YOUR MIND! 🧠Supernovae Earth Appears to Be Travelling Through The Debris of Ancient Supernovae verified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle Starr Radioactive dust deep beneath the ocean waves suggests that Earth is moving through a massive cloud left behind by an exploded star. Continuously, for …
MarkB Smithflipped into OlioSecrets of the EarthBy New AtlasIron snow falling on the Earth's inner core, buried mountain ranges, hidden tectonic plates, and ancient sunken continents. Novel geological discoveries are rewriting the science books and telling new tales about this incredible planet we live on.
Avatarcrosscourierflipped into The Universal Curiosity ShopAsteroids A new study of the Moon has revealed how 70 percent of life on Earth died Inverse - Passant Rabie Hundreds of millions years ago, the Solar System was a violent place: Massive rocks were flying at our planet and its only natural satellite; the …
Pierre Guerinflipped into SpaceSpace Asteroid 2020 QG Discovered After Making The Closest Fly-By Of Earth On Record Forbes - Eric MackNobody saw little asteroid 2020QG coming, but it whipped by our planet as close as anything we’ve ever seen that was able to keep on going. According to NASA’s database of near Earth objects, the car-sized...
Business Insiderflipped into Tech InsiderAsteroids A car-size asteroid flew within 1,830 miles of Earth over the weekend — the closest pass ever — and we didn't see it coming verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Dave MosherA car-size asteroid flew within about 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) of Earth on Sunday. That's a remarkably close shave — the closest ever recorded, in fact, according to asteroid trackers and a catalog...
Sky Newsflipped into LatestAsteroids Asteroid makes closest fly-by of Earth on record - and NASA didn't see it until after the close shave sky.com - Sky An asteroid the size of a car has flown past Earth closer than any seen before without hitting the planet - and NASA admits: "We didn't see it …
Business Insiderflipped into ScienceExtinction An exploding star 65 light-years from Earth may have triggered one of the planet's biggest mass extinctions verified_publisherBusiness Insider - ScienceAlertLife was trying, but it wasn't working out. As the Late Devonian period dragged on, more and more living things died out, culminating in one of the greatest mass extinction events our planet has ever approximately...
A.W.C.flipped into Weird! Animation A scientist's quick animation reveals that Earth has two types of day. Humans use the one that's 4 minutes longer. verified_publisherBusiness Insider - Morgan McFall-JohnsenHow long does it take Earth to complete a 360-degree rotation? Not quite 24 hours, it turns out — it's precisely 23 hours and 56 minutes. But because Earth is constantly moving along its orbit around sun,...
Mattflipped into Science and spaceEarth Science Sunspot the size of Mars turning towards Earth and that could be bad metro.co.uk - Jeff Parsons A gigantic sunspot has been identified on the surface of the sun and observations show it’s turning towards Earth. The sunspot – dubbed AR2770 – has …
SHANETHEFORTEANflipped into These Are A Few Of Our Favorite ThingsSpace Rapid Loss of Sunlight Could Have Unleashed Snowball Earth Events in The Past verified_publisherScienceAlert - Peter Dockrill Not all ice ages are equally brutal. In the most extreme glaciation events known to science, ice stretches out from Earth's polar regions and extends …
Allura Lyneflipped into Picked To ShareAsteroids A mini moon about to orbit Earth may actually be a piece of space junk from the 1960s verified_publisherUSA TODAY - Ryan W. MillerAn asteroid likely to get caught in Earth's orbit and become a "mini moon" for several months may in fact not be an asteroid at all. Dubbed 2020 SO, the object is on track to be pulled into Earth's orbit...
John H. Woffordflipped into Quantum PhysicsSupernovae Evidence discovered of a supernova explosion near the Earth 2.5 million years ago slashgear.com - Shane McGlaun Physicists from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have discovered evidence of a supernova that exploded near (on a cosmic scale) the Earth …
Avatarcrosscourierflipped into The Universal Curiosity ShopSolar System New Research Is Rewriting The Very Timeline of How Earth Was Born verified_publisherScienceAlert - Michelle Starr In the very early days of the Solar System, baby Earth may have taken a much shorter time to form than we previously thought. According to an analysis …
Forbesflipped into InnovationEnvironment Last Saturday, The Earth Ran Out Of Resources (Again). Here’s What That Means Forbes - David VetterThe planet ran out of resources last Saturday, August 22. At least, that’s one way to regard Earth Overshoot Day, the date that represents the point at which human demand for natural resources outstrips...
Newsweekflipped into NewsweekAsteroids Asteroid over 1,000 feet wide dubbed the "god of chaos" could strike earth in 2068, scientists warn Newsweek - Aristos Georgiou A giant asteroid has a chance—albeit a very tiny one—of colliding with the Earth in 2068, a new analysis of the object shows. Scientists say they have …
Newsweekflipped into NewsweekNeil deGrasse Tyson Asteroid isn't going to hit Earth the day before election, despite Neil deGrasse Tyson's warning of "buzz-cut" Newsweek - Aristos Georgiou An asteroid will hurtle safely past Earth on the eve of the U.S. presidential election, although astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has said it could …
Hetta Gouseflipped into TitbitsAstronomy Take a Look at the Most Detailed Map of Mars Photographed From Earth verified_publisherMy Modern Met - Jessica StewartUsing photos taken at the Pic du Midi Observatory, astrophotographer Jean-Luc Dauvergne has published what he calls the most detailed map of Mars from the ground. The photographs were taken at the mountaintop...
CBS Newsflipped into World NewsAsteroids A car-sized asteroid just made the closest fly-by of Earth on record — and NASA didn't see it coming verified_publisherCBS News - By Sophie Lewis A car-sized asteroid just made the closest-known approach to Earth without actually colliding with the planet. And researchers didn't even know about …
Lyndan Britneyflipped into Science & TechAsteroids An asteroid the size of a car just zipped by Earth in close flyby space.com - Tariq Malik A car-sized asteroid discovered over the weekend made a close flyby of Earth today (July 28), passing our planet at a range that rivals the orbits of …
Antonio Isaza mobileflipped into DangerAsteroids Asteroid twice the size of Egypt's Pyramid to zip past Earth on Sunday | Explainer indiatoday.in - Akriti Anand An asteroid, twice as big as the iconic Pyramid of Giza, is expected to cross Earth's orbit on September 6. The National Aeronautics and Space …
Todd hemmingflipped into SpaceEarth Earth lost 60 per cent of its atmosphere during asteroid impact thought to have created the Moon sciencefocus.com - Amy Barrett Researchers say that understanding the effects of the collision on Earth’s atmosphere could help narrow down theories of how the Moon formed. Earth …
AvatarGewuyinflipped into MindFrackAstronomy 'The Smallest Lights in the Universe' explores the possibilities of life on Earth and far beyond it space.com - Meghan Bartels MIT astronomer Sara Seager has a quest: to find a second Earth. That scientific quest has developed and persisted against the backdrop of a personal …
