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In a rare event, the Moon got a massive new crater
6+ hour, 35+ min ago (448+ words) A once-in-a-century crater formed on the moon right under our noses. A routine search of images from NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter camera found a fresh crater as wide as two American football fields, planetary scientist Mark Robinson reported March 17 at…...
Astronomy Picture of the Day - Leaving Earth
2+ day, 54+ min ago (126+ words) Explanation: What would it look like to leave planet Earth? Such an event was recorded visually in great detail by the MESSENGER spacecraft as it swung back past the Earth in 2005 on its way in toward the planet Mercury. Earth…...
Melting Antarctic Ice Did the Opposite of What Scientists Expected
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (362+ words) A new study published today (February 2) in Nature Geoscience finds that shifts in the West Antarctic Ice Sheet (WAIS) closely followed changes in marine algae growth in the Southern Ocean during past ice ages. However, the relationship did not work…...
Best Served ColdScientists Uncover Secret Landscape Hiding Miles Below Antarctica’s IceWe know more about Mercury than we do about what's trapped below Antarctica's ice.
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (152+ words) By creating a new map of Antarctica's subterranean landscape, researchers have uncovered a vast topography of previously hidden hills, ridges, and even entire mountain ranges lurking miles beneath its frozen exterior. The findings, detailed in a new study published in…...
As the World Tilts
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (483+ words) The brilliant U.S. action in Venezuela is causing major shifts in this hemisphere. Indeed, all the world seems atilt now from the Mideast to Europe, and as we near the mid-term elections, the Democrats seem to have lost it with all…...
'Flowing Red Blood' Sea Sparks Biblical Plague Fears Across Middle East
3+ mon, 5+ day ago (224+ words) Incredible video footage shows beachgoers gazing on after the sea was transformed into a deep shade of blood red following a torrential downpour on Iran's Hormuz IslandStunning footage shows the moment a sea is turned 'blood red' by a sudden…...
Scientists Just Unveiled What Lies Beneath Greenland, and It Could Change Our Climate Future
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (395+ words) A groundbreaking study from the University of Ottawa, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has uncovered critical insights into Greenland's hidden geological structures. By mapping the Earth's temperature beneath Greenland and northeastern Canada in intricate 3D models,…...
Satellites detected strange gravity signal coming from deep within Earth almost 20 years ago, study reveals
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (737+ words) Researchers have discovered there was an anomaly in Earth's gravitational field between 2006 and 2008, potentially caused by a mineral shift deep within Earth's mantle...The large gravitational anomaly lasted for about two years over the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It peaked in…...
The Difference Between Deterministic and Ensemble Forecasts
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (80+ words) Weather forecasts are calculated by computer models (or dynamical models) that describe the evolution of the real atmosphere using mathematical equations. Weather forecasts are calculated by computer models (or dynamical models) that describe the evolution of the real atmosphere using…...
The Lost Supervolcano: Was This the Biggest Eruption in Human History? - Full Documentary [52:52]
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (98+ words) A volcano more powerful than Tambora... but no one knows where it is. Dive into a real-life scientific thriller to uncover the eruption that changed the world -- and vanished without a trace. The Lost Supervolcano: Was This the Biggest Eruption…...