When Earth is opposite Mars from the sun, it will appear full because you’re looking directly on the daylit side. But mitigating this is its far greater distance, plus the fact that Earth appears much ...
DIWALI EVENTS: Diwali this year falls next Monday (20 October) but there are plenty of events going on this week to celebrate ...
When China realized that its technological ambitions were chained by U.S.-controlled helium, it didn’t hold press conferences ...
Five of Earth’s vital systems are close to a point of irreversible change, warns a new report released by a global network of ...
A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...
Geophysicists have modeled how Earth’s magnetic field could form even when its core was fully liquid. By removing the effects ...
The uplift of East Africa during the Miocene epoch dramatically transformed the region's climate and ecosystems, promoting ...
How do volcanoes work? What happens beneath their surface? What causes the vibrations—known as tremor—that occur when magma ...
Earth’s turbulent atmosphere makes it hard to detect new planets from the ground. Astronomer Rebecca Jensen-Clem is working ...
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER — SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket pierced the Wednesday morning sky as it launched three spacecraft from NASA and NOAA that will study the solar system’s “bubble,” collect information on ...
Twin satellites are part of this GRACE mission. This orbited Earth in tandem to identify subtle gravity changes. As a result ...