For the first time in Brazil, researchers have identified a field of tektites. These are natural glasses formed by the high-energy impact of extraterrestrial bodies against Earth's surface. These ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has produced the first-ever three-dimensional images of Uranus’s upper atmosphere, revealing a chaotic and shimmering world of infrared auroras.

In late winter, the zodiacal light is visible in the evening in the Northern Hemisphere (false dusk) and in the pre-dawn ...

The planet that appears so steady beneath our feet is, in reality, subtly reorienting itself in space. As ice melts, oceans swell and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers, the balance of mass on ...

Stephen Kane, a professor of planetary astrophysics at UC Riverside, was skeptical when he read recent studies that showed the gravitational pull from Mars being connected to Earth’s long-term climate ...

Earth would certainly be different without its rusty red neighbor. No Mars in the night sky, no target for future human exploration. Now, however, scientists say this scenario would result in much ...

In a quiet New Jersey laboratory, researchers led by Christopher F. Chyba, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton, designed a small ...

AMESBURY, ENGLAND. A aerial view of Stonehenge under a blanket of snow. The site is popular gathering spot during the winter solstice. (Photo by Chris Gorman/Getty Images) I am writing this on ...

Let’s do some math. As a target, you need to determine the cross-section of the Moon (target Moon is a disk). The radius of the Moon is 1,737 km, so its cross-sectional area is 9.5 X 10 6 km 2. The ...

Right now, you’re zooming through space at incredible speeds. As just one of all the living creatures on Earth, you’re along for the ride as our planet constantly moves in two major ways. First, ...

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