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A new study finds that Earth once had Saturn-like rings. The temporary structure likely consisted of debris from a broken-up asteroid.
Only July 3, NASA astronaut Nichole Ayers aboard the International Space Station photographed a gigantic jet—a massive bolt ...
The science behind why the Earth will spin just a little bit faster on July 9, July 22, and August 5, this year.
Paul Scofield, a project adviser and senior curator of natural history at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch, New Zealand, ...
the study was published Tuesday in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. The scientists behind the study believe ...
Inside our cells, ribosomes—the tireless "protein factories" of life—have just shown off a new skill they haven't used in ...
LOTR’s Peter Jackson joins a Māori-led plan to resurrect the long-lost giant moa by combining ancient culture with bold ...
Sea level on Earth has been rising and falling ever since there was water on the planet. Scientists were already able to use ...
That’s exactly what unfolded in a project led by Dr. Veselin Kostov of the SETI Institute and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight ...
Scientists are working to understand the curious phenomena of red sprites, green ghosts and blue jets high above ...
Seafloor sensors caught a rare slow quake in action. It hints at how Earth's stress is quietly released. For the first time, ...