Gold & platinum came to Earth in a massive star explosion – study
Our understanding of the origin of Earth’s heavy metals, such as gold and platinum, looks set to be completely rewritten after new research which suggests...
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Mexico left without shadows thanks to peculiar solar phenomenon
Residents in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula noticed a peculiar phenomenon over recent days; as they went about their daily...
Space Mining Could Ruin Our Solar System, Researchers Warn
The government has been passing laws regarding the protection of the Earth's most vulnerable places from the ravages...
113 million living with food insecurity, conflict leading cause
A new report on famine around the world makes for grim reading, showing starvation ravaging 53 countries, mostly due to conflict and climate shocks. In...
Planet 60 Times Bigger Than Earth Discovered
Researchers have discovered a new five-billion-year-old planet that is 60 times bigger than Earth using data from the...
Scientists Finally Admit Humans Have Neurological Link to Earth’s Magnetic Field
For some creatures, the magnetic field that hugs our planet serves as a compass for navigation or orientation....
Staggering discovery reveals moon lies INSIDE Earth’s atmosphere
The Earth’s atmosphere is much bigger than previously thought, extending far beyond the Moon, a team of scientists have revealed. The amazing discovery was made...
NASA: World is a greener place than it was 20 years ago
A multi-decade, high resolution study of the Earth’s surface has finally yielded some good news: the planet is...
World seeing ‘catastrophic collapse’ of insects: study
Nearly half of all insect species worldwide are in rapid decline and a third could disappear altogether, according...
NOAA Has Updated the North and South Magnetic Pole Locations
This image is only up to 2010 time-frame but you can see the history of the shift Some...
Earth’s magnetic poles are on the move…
Over the past 40 years the north magnetic pole has been drifting northwest from Canada to Siberia at the rate of 50 kilometres a year....
Planetary collision that created Moon also seeded Earth with life-producing elements
The elemental building-blocks of life arrived on Earth when it collided with a “Mars-sized planet” 4.4 billion years...
Futuristic space hotel set to open in 2021
A tech start-up company says their luxury space hotel should be done by 2021. Visitors to the hotel...
2nd exoplanet discovered 21 light-years from Earth
NASA astronomers have found another exoplanet outside the solar system. It’s larger than Earth and is 21 light-years from our planet. The new planet has...
Mass extinction for Earth’s oceans probable, comprehensive study says
The first comprehensive study of its kind has determined that ocean life is facing mass extinction from human...
Earth’s weakening magnetic field: Dramatic dips spotted across the Western Hemisphere
Earth’s magnetic field is a protective shield for our planet from cosmic radiation, but it’s also somewhat of...
Astronomers discover sister to Earth’s sun
As part of a search into the origins of our galaxy, astronomers at the University of Texas have identified what they believe to be a...