Researchers have found evidence suggesting that our planet may have once had a ring system around 466 million years ago.
“Over millions of years, material from this ring gradually fell to Earth, creating the spike in meteorite impacts observed in ...
The moon hasn't had a magnetic field for 4.36 billion years. That means it could hold fragments of the ancient Earth.
November 2023, a disastrous SpaceX launch, which saw the explosion of not one but two rockets, offered a rare opportunity to ...
The ozone layer is a part of Earth’s atmosphere that captures some of the Sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light emissions. When the ozone layer is compromised, its ability to absorb radiation weakens ...
Atmospheric physicists Paul Newman and Luke Oman built a simulation of the Earth’s atmosphere and then proceeded to strip away our protective ozone layer. Their computer model reproduced the chemistry ...
In 1974, scientists first sounded the alarm about the destruction of the ozone layer caused by human activities. Yet it would ...
Approximately 466 million years ago, Earth might have exhibited a spectacular ring arrangement resembling Saturn’s. Recent ...
On May 11, 2022, a rocket soared skyward off the northernmost rocket range in the world in Svalbard, Norway.
an enormous burst of gamma rays—labeled GRB 221009A—caused a significant disturbance in a layer of Earth’s atmosphere called the ionosphere. The ionosphere sits from around 31 miles (50 ...
Researchers have found evidence suggesting that the Earth may have once had a system of Saturn-like rings. The rings are ...
September 16 commemorates the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol, critical for preservation of the Ozone Layer.