SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Earth Did the Earth's core really stop spinning or reverse direction? If the Earth stops spinning, will the planet explode? (Hint: no) By Cassidy Ward | 1 day ago The Earth and a newly noticed asteroid will have a close call this week Like two (space) ships passing in the night. By Cassidy Ward | 5 days ago A comet is about to pass by Earth for the first (and last) time in 50,000 years Don't forget to wave. By Cassidy Ward | 3 weeks ago World population tops 8 billion, but there are signs growth is slowing Our numbers have swelled by roughly a third over the last 24 years. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago Asia, Australia & the Americas on a collision course to become a supercontinent in 280 million years Like a slow moving runaway train. By Cassidy Ward | 3 months ago Mea culpa: Planet definitions and Earth clearing its orbit Would Earth still be considered a planet if it were out in Neptune’s orbit? By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Happy September equinox! Today the Sun is directly over Earth's equator. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago Dry ice glaciers are on the move at the south pole of Mars New research shows frozen carbon dioxide glaciers exist at the Martian south pole. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago Earth has an exhaust leak that goes way back to the Big Bang This is not the stuff that comes out of your car. By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 months ago Load More
Did the Earth's core really stop spinning or reverse direction? If the Earth stops spinning, will the planet explode? (Hint: no) By Cassidy Ward | 1 day ago
The Earth and a newly noticed asteroid will have a close call this week Like two (space) ships passing in the night. By Cassidy Ward | 5 days ago
A comet is about to pass by Earth for the first (and last) time in 50,000 years Don't forget to wave. By Cassidy Ward | 3 weeks ago
World population tops 8 billion, but there are signs growth is slowing Our numbers have swelled by roughly a third over the last 24 years. By Cassidy Ward | 2 months ago
Asia, Australia & the Americas on a collision course to become a supercontinent in 280 million years Like a slow moving runaway train. By Cassidy Ward | 3 months ago
Mea culpa: Planet definitions and Earth clearing its orbit Would Earth still be considered a planet if it were out in Neptune’s orbit? By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
Happy September equinox! Today the Sun is directly over Earth's equator. By Phil Plait | 4 months ago
Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk. By Phil Plait | 7 months ago
Dry ice glaciers are on the move at the south pole of Mars New research shows frozen carbon dioxide glaciers exist at the Martian south pole. By Phil Plait | 9 months ago
Earth has an exhaust leak that goes way back to the Big Bang This is not the stuff that comes out of your car. By Elizabeth Rayne | 9 months ago