Earth 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 2 weeks 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 1 month ago Life on Earth may have changed the chemistry of Earth's deep mantle Dead trilobites made diamonds slightly lighter. By Phil Plait 2 months ago Secrets of Earth’s past revealed in ancient sands of time Suddenly, the sands in an hourglass seem a lot more important. By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago The early Earth soaked up interstellar water vapor like a sponge We're awash in a vast cosmic ocean, we just need to drink it up. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago The Sun and Moon could be unleashing earthquakes and volcanoes What causes plate tectonics might not be what you think. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago Is this how life emerged from stuff that was anything but alive? Life didn't just materialize, but that means it must have come from somewhere. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago Weird chemistry is making the Earth's interior cool faster than thought An unusual mineral deep inside Earth's mantle saps the core's heat away. By Phil Plait 4 months ago The gates of hell are closing, at least in one place on Earth There is a reason the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan is called the “Gates of Hell”. By Elizabeth Rayne 4 months ago Solar UV radiation on Earth's surface may have been more intense eons ago than we thought New models show Earth had less oxygen and therefore less ozone billions of years ago. By Phil Plait 4 months ago Load More
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 2 weeks 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 1 month ago
Life on Earth may have changed the chemistry of Earth's deep mantle Dead trilobites made diamonds slightly lighter. By Phil Plait 2 months ago
Secrets of Earth’s past revealed in ancient sands of time Suddenly, the sands in an hourglass seem a lot more important. By Cassidy Ward 2 months ago
The early Earth soaked up interstellar water vapor like a sponge We're awash in a vast cosmic ocean, we just need to drink it up. By Cassidy Ward 3 months ago
The Sun and Moon could be unleashing earthquakes and volcanoes What causes plate tectonics might not be what you think. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
Is this how life emerged from stuff that was anything but alive? Life didn't just materialize, but that means it must have come from somewhere. By Elizabeth Rayne 3 months ago
Weird chemistry is making the Earth's interior cool faster than thought An unusual mineral deep inside Earth's mantle saps the core's heat away. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
The gates of hell are closing, at least in one place on Earth There is a reason the Darvaza gas crater in Turkmenistan is called the “Gates of Hell”. By Elizabeth Rayne 4 months ago
Solar UV radiation on Earth's surface may have been more intense eons ago than we thought New models show Earth had less oxygen and therefore less ozone billions of years ago. By Phil Plait 4 months ago
