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Chris Hadfield and crew safely return to Earth from International Space Station

, May 14th 2013 Discuss [0]

We get all sorts of welcomes in life, but few of them are as grand as the one you'd no doubt receive returning to Earth after having hovered above it for 144 days. Such was the case for Commander Chris Hadfield and the rest of his crew that was aboard the International Space Station, all of whom have just safely landed on our home planet in Dzhezkazgan, Kazakhstan. Read The Full Story

Earth’s carbon dioxide levels reach near-record high

, May 10th 2013 Discuss [0]

According to scientists and researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, carbon dioxide levels on Earth have reached a level that hasn't been seen in at least three million years. Scientists believe that large changes in the climate and sea levels are to blame for the rising amount of carbon dioxide. Read The Full Story

Study suggests water on the Moon came from Earth

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Scientists and researchers have discovered that droplets of water found in lunar rocks brought back from the Moon are identical on a chemical level from that of samples of ancient Earth. The rocks used in the study came from samples brought back by Apollo 15 in 1971 and Apollo 17 in 1972, the latter being NASA's last mission to the moon. Read The Full Story

Google Timelapse shows a changing Earth in animated form

, May 9th 2013 Discuss [0]

Google has launched a new project called Timelapse that allows users to see the history of the Earth all the way back to 1984 and view how our planet has changed over the past 28 years. You can view any part of the world, just like in Google Earth, except that Timelapse automatically creates an animated timelapse GIF based on what you're looking at. Read The Full Story

New photo from ISS shows moon rising over a darkened Earth

, May 2nd 2013 Discuss [0]

International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield has been busy taking photos of the Earth from the ISS for a few months now, mostly showing us what cities look like from 250 miles up, but a particular photo that he posted just recently is a bit different, and it shows a beautiful horizon with the moon rising over a darkened Earth. Read The Full Story

Rhinos extinct in Mozambique National Park

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Rhinoceroses are being added to the ever-growing list of endangered species, and now, the horned animals are said to be extinct in parts of Africa where they used to thrive -- specifically in Mozambique, where officials of Mozambique National Park are reporting that no rhinos had been seen in the park since January. Read The Full Story

Earth’s core as hot as the Sun, claim scientists

, Apr 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

A recent X-ray analysis of molten iron has uncovered that the Earth’s inner core is actually a lot hotter than we all thought previously. According to a team scientists from French research agency CEA, French National Center for Scientific Research CNRS, and the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility ESRF, the inner core of the Earth is said to be 6,000 degrees Celsius, or 10,800 degrees Fahrenheit. Read The Full Story

Saturn’s moon Titan reveals even more life-sustaining possibilities

, Apr 3rd 2013 Discuss [0]

The moon known as Titan should ring a bell for you if you're interested in the possibility of life on planets other than our own. Saturn's yellow moon has been the subject of life-sustaining chatter for some time now, the most recent discovery about it having been found in an experiment done right here on Earth. Down at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, an experiment has been done that suggests life in a whole new region before suspected to be devoid of it. Read The Full Story

Majority of the world’s gold deposits formed by earthquakes

, Mar 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

It's always interesting to learn how certain rocks are formed, and gold is one of those elements that is so precious and rare, yet very few people have any idea on how it's formed in the Earth. According to a study conducted by a group of Australian geologists, 80% of the world's gold deposits are actually formed in the blink of an eye thanks to earthquakes. Read The Full Story

NASA discovers new radiation belt around Earth

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

NASA has discovered that there was a 3rd radiation belt hanging around Earth. The discovery was made by two Van Allen space probes that were made specifically to analyze Earth's radiation belts. The Van Allen probes were named after James Van Allen, who was the the first to discover the radiation belts 55 years ago in 1958. The probes are designed identically and provide scientists with a deeper insight on how radiation belts are formed. Read The Full Story

Nearest Earth-like planet only 13 light-years away

, Feb 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

Finding planets that are similar to Earth is a task that scientists and researchers have been working on for a while now, but it seems like they're making great strides in their findings. Astronomers have reported that the nearest Earth-like planet is possibly just 13 light-years away (77 trillion miles). Read The Full Story

Experts say soot is greatly contributing to global warming, more so than originally expected

, Jan 16th 2013 Discuss [0]

Black carbon, or more colloquially known as soot, is getting a second look from environmental researchers and scientists about its contribution to global warming. Experts are now saying that soot is more of a danger than previously thought, and has approximately two-thirds of the warming effect of carbon dioxide, which is the largest synthetic contributor to global warming currently. Read The Full Story
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