SYFY WIRE Explore The LatestMoviesTVGamesComicsInterviewsBad Astronomy All Posts Tagged Earth 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 days ago Happy September equinox! Today the Sun is directly over Earth's equator. By Phil Plait | 1 week ago Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk. By Phil Plait | 3 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 | 4 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 | 5 months ago Life on Earth may have changed the chemistry of Earth's deep mantle Dead trilobites made diamonds slightly lighter. By Phil Plait | 6 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 | 6 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 | 7 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 | 8 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 | 8 months ago Load More
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 days ago
Earth’s core is speeding up and slowing down Go home, Earth’s core. You’re drunk. By Phil Plait | 3 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 | 4 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 | 5 months ago
Life on Earth may have changed the chemistry of Earth's deep mantle Dead trilobites made diamonds slightly lighter. By Phil Plait | 6 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 | 6 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 | 7 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 | 8 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 | 8 months ago
