Tag: Earth
No near neighbors
Closest technologically advanced aliens may be 33,000 light-years from Earth. A new study argues that conditions necessary for intelligent extraterre [...]
Earth is drying out at unprecedented rate
The world is losing fresh water at an unprecedented rate, two decades' worth of satellite data has revealed.
Measurements from NASA's twin GRACE s [...]
Bacteria aligns to magnetic field, needs friends to survive
In her book "Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity and Finding Your Life's Purpose," the sociologist and life coach Martha Beck describes two differe [...]
‘Microlightning’: Life could have sparked in water droplets
It's a new twist on an old, and hotly debated, theory about the origins of life on Earth. The building blocks of life on Earth may have been fueled b [...]
Annular solar eclipse 2024 wows the South Pacific Ocean
On Wednesday October 2, a lucky handful of skywatchers watched as the sun transformed into a stunning "ring of fire" in the sky.
This was the res [...]
Fermi Paradox: Where are the aliens?
Is anybody out there? The Fermi Paradox seeks to answer the question of where the aliens are.
Given that our solar system is quite young compared [...]
July 22 was Earth’s hottest day: NASA
July 22, 2024, was the hottest day on record, according to a NASA analysis of global daily temperature data. July 21 and 23 of this year also exceede [...]
A new ‘portable’ atomic clock
An iodine atomic clock keeps ultra-precise time aboard a rocking naval ship.
The best timepieces tend to be fragile, but a device based on iodine [...]
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