Our Earth is structured sort of like an onion – it’s one layer after another. Starting from the top down, there’s the crust, which includes the surface you walk on; then farther down, the mantle, ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Tuesday is Earth Day, which is celebrated every year on April 22nd. It was first celebrated in 1970 as a way to raise awareness for environmental issues and planet ...
A new study reveals that tiny fragments of Earth's atmosphere are transported to and absorbed by the moon via gusts of solar ...
Earth serves as a crucial analogue for comparative planetology, allowing scientists to test techniques and technologies in a familiar setting before applying them to other planets, leveraging shared ...
Earth reaches its closest point to the sun in its 2026 orbit on Jan. 3. The sun will appear larger in the sky than on any ...
ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala --The theme for Earth Day 2021 is Restore Our Earth, which focuses on restoring the world’s ecosystems through natural processes, emerging green technologies and innovative ...
This artist's impression of the Nu2 Lupi planetary system shows three exoplanets. If we wanted to observe an Earth-sized planet at an Earth-like distance from a Sun-like star, we would need to block ...
The Earth's atmosphere is described as a fragile coat wrapping around the planet, comparable in scale to an apple's skin protecting the fruit. For more than half a century, even before the Apollo 16 ...
Nearly 5 billion years ago, a dense cloud of gas and dust occupied this corner of the Milky Way. The planets we know today, including Earth, were nowhere to be found. Scientists think that a nearby ...
It’s not a secret to anyone that our world is facing an existential crisis brought on by climate change. But what many people may not know is that embracing the knowledge that Indigenous people have ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. This article is more than 5 years old. Researchers have ...