Urgent rethink required on Earth’s carbon-sinks, suggests study
In a new study that expands our understanding of how humans contribute to global warming, scientists have discovered that human…
“Intraterrestrial” life found in rocks below the seafloor.
The discovery that ancient rocks harbored microbial life deep below the seafloor confirms a long-standing hypothesis that interactions between mantle…
NASA discover Earth’s twin 1,400 light-years away
The Kepler mission has found the first near-Earth-size planet – called Kepler-452b – in the “habitable zone” around a G2…
Could solar flares be triggering birth defects?
It’s known that airplane crews at high altitude are exposed to potentially harmful levels of radiation from cosmic rays, but…
Dark matter could be the wild card in extinction events
Our planet’s long path around and through the Milky Way means that dark matter could be the ultimate wild card…
Wobbly planets could be best place for finding life, say astrobiologists
Pivoting planets that lean one way and then change orientation within a relatively short time period might be surprisingly habitable.…
Work by celestial archaeologists hints at Earth’s ultimate fate
For decades, astronomers have known that the atmospheres surrounding stars are often “polluted” with elements like carbon, silicon, and iron.…
Unusual gem find provides evidence for vast underground oceans
The chance discovery of a sample of a mineral called ringwoodite provides strong evidence for scientific theories about vast volumes…
Solar wind creating interplanetary rain
Scientists have discovered that when tiny interplanetary dust particles are battered by the solar wind, the ion bombardment can free…
Earth’s Milky Way neighborhood gets upsized
Earth resides between two major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy in what was thought to be a smaller…
Biodiversity backflip on warming climate
The notion that the planet’s warming climate will result in widespread extinctions has been challenged by a new study that…
Prehistoric “terror bird” jabbed prey like a boxer
Andalgalornis couldn’t fly, but it used its unusually large, rigid skull – together with a hawk-like hooked beak – for…
Astronomers cop an eyeful of giant planet’s demise
An international group of astrophysicists have been documenting how the massive exoplanet known as WASP-12b is being stretched, distorted and…
Meteorites Spiced Up Primordial Soup
The primordial organic soup that spawned life on Earth may have gotten some special ingredients from outer space, according to…
Between The Sheets
Life on Earth may have begun as an organic mash in the protected spaces inside of layers of the mineral…
Planets Like Earth May Be Common
Astrobiologists disagree about whether advanced life is common or rare in our universe. But new research suggests that one thing…
Different Dinosaur Death Theory Erupts
The extinction of the dinosaurs – thought to be caused by an asteroid impact some 65 million years ago –…