Russian rocket disintegrates in Earth’s orbit leaving behind 65 pieces of dangerous space debris that could damage other satellites The upper stage of a Russian rocket broke apart over the Indian ocean on May 8 The rocket was used to launch the Spektr-R radio telescope into orbit in 2011 Fregat-SB is a type of space … Read more
New study reveals how Chinook salmon use the Earth’s magnetic field as a kind of GPS signal to help navigate in the ocean Researchers confirmed the existence of magnetite crystals in Chinook salmon The crystals allow the salmon to sense magnetic pulses from the Earth They use these pulses as a biological GPS signal to … Read more
The Earth’s tectonic plates started moving more than 3.2 billion years ago – just over 1.3 billion years after the Earth first formed and earlier than originally thought. The outermost shell of the Earth is broken down into seven major tectonic plates and many smaller ones that move between 0.4 inches and 6.2 inches per … Read more
A bad time to be alive’: More than half of all Earth’s ocean life died off 444 million years ago because it ran out of oxygen, study shows Researchers studied samples of black shale from the Murzuq Basin in Libya They used this and existing data to build a model of ancient ocean oxygen levels It suggested … Read more
The world’s oceans and Earth’s marine life can be saved by 2050, scientists claim, but substantial rebuilding efforts will be required. An international team of researchers say humanity is at a point at which it must choose whether to leave future generations a resilient, vibrant ocean or an ‘irreversibly disrupted’ one. The team’s study lays … Read more
Ozone is a molecule comprised of three oxygen atoms that occurs naturally in small amounts. In the stratosphere, roughly seven to 25 miles above Earth’s surface, the ozone layer acts like sunscreen, shielding the planet from potentially harmful ultraviolet radiation that can cause skin cancer and cataracts, suppress immune systems and also damage plants. It … Read more
An ancient human settlement was obliterated by a comet that exploded in Earth’s atmosphere around 12,800 years ago, a study has found. The event destroyed a village found in the Abu Hureyra dig site in Syria and splattered fragments of molten glass ‘hot enough to melt cars’ to the ground. The impact is also believed to have … Read more
It was revealed in a grainy black and white photo, but astronomers have just released the first colored image of Earth’s new mini-moon. Called 2020 CD3, the asteroid has been orbiting our Earth for three years and was spotted on February 15 using the Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) in Arizona. The recent image was created … Read more