Earth Might Have Had a Ring 466 Million Years Ago
WEB14 hours ago · Sept. 20, 2024, 4:39 p.m. ET. If you were to look up from Earth some 466 million years ago, you might have seen a gleaming ring stretching across the sky, some scientists say. A study published ...
Earth is about to have a temporary ‘mini-moon’ | CNN
WEB20 hours ago · Earth is about to gain a new “mini-moon,” but it won’t stay around for long. The newly discovered asteroid, named 2024 PT5, will temporarily be captured by Earth’s gravity and orbit our ...
Recent Earth News and Articles - NASA Science
WEBStay up-to-date with the latest news and articles from NASAEarth as we discover more about our home planet.
ESA's JUICE spacecraft confirmed Earth is habitable. Here's why
WEB2 days ago · The spacecraft returned some very exciting news: the Earth is indeed habitable. The probe launched in April 2023 and is currently making its way through the solar system on an eight-year journey ...
Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward ... - CNN
WEBJul 5, 2024 · Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.
Explaining dramatic planetwide changes after world’s last …
WEB2 days ago · UW News. Some of the most dramatic climatic events in our planet’s history are “Snowball Earth” events that happened hundreds of millions of years ago, when almost the entire planet was encased in ice up to 0.6 miles (1 kilometer) thick. These “ Snowball Earth ” events have happened only a handful of times and do not occur on regular ...
Prehistoric Earth Was Very Hot. That Offers Clues About Future Earth.
WEB1 day ago · Sept. 19, 2024. Over the past 500 million years, our planet has gone from hot to cold to hot again. The oceans have risen and fallen. Ice caps have melted and reformed. It is a story with several ...
The giant solar storm is having measurable effects on Earth : NPR
WEBMay 10, 2024 · Planet Earth is getting rocked by the biggest solar storm in decades – and the potential effects have those people in charge of power grids, communications systems and satellites on edge.
Earth has planet-wide electric field that's as important as gravity ...
WEBAug 31, 2024 · Using observations from a NASA suborbital rocket, an international team of scientists has, for the first time, successfully measured a planet-wide electric field that is as fundamental to Earth as gravity and magnetic fields.
Earth & Climate News - ScienceDaily
WEB5 days ago · Earth Science News. From earthquakes and hurricanes to global warming and energy use, read the latest research news here.