Earth’s biggest polluters aren’t sending leaders to UN climate talks in a year of weather extremes
The world’s biggest polluters and strongest economies — China and the United States — aren’t sending their No. 1s. Neither ...
This Planet Shows What Earth Might Look Like In 8 Billion Years' Time
Exoplanets can be quite different from Earth, but occasionally researchers find one that gives a sneak peak into what the ...
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Near-Earth dwarf planet's surface is 90% covered by water
but Ceres really looks more like a planet." Ceres has a diameter of around 950 kilometers ... "To me the exciting part of all ...
Stephen Hawking's end of world prediction is coming sooner than we think
The late Stephen Hawking thought the world was going to end sooner than we might think. It's a grim subject to consider on a ...
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One million straight years of rain triggered the dinosaur takeover of Earth
Imagine a world where continents are fused into one massive landmass, and life as we know it is on the brink of ...
Scientists have fiercely debated the existence of ‘Planet 9’ for a decade. Some say evidence is piling up
After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...
8 Billion Years Ahead: Earth’s Fate Revealed by a Distant Twin Planet
Astronomers have discovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a white dwarf 4,000 light years away, offering a glimpse into our ...
The Icy Crust of Saturn’s Moon Titan Could Be Hiding Secrets to Our World and Life Beyond It
A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...
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Groundbreaking study provides new evidence of when Earth was slushy
At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the ...
Scientists Just Discovered One Of Earth’s Earliest Animals.
An international team of researchers discovered a new specimen called Quaestio simpsonorum—a pancake-shaped creature that represents on of the earliest examples of complex life on Earth.
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Plummeting birthrates could be a win for planet Earth
While reading the article in the Globe, “As birthrates plummet ... Thomas Malthus warned that the human population on Earth was far outpacing the planet’s ability to support it.
How the coldest place on Earth became one of the world’s hottest vacation spots
An increasing number of luxurious expedition cruises and cruise-only voyages on larger liners has brought a surge of ...