Tag: planets
Giant Stars Are Eating Planets, And We Finally Know Why : ScienceAlert
New Study Reveals Aging Stars Can Destroy Planets Orbiting Close By As stars age, they expand. This expansion…
Cloud microbes’ colours could help us detect life on other planets
A variety of bacteria, fungi and viruses live in the clouds above Earth’s surfaceGeorge Pachantouris/Getty Images The Importance…
Some planets might home brew their own water
This groundbreaking research has important implications for our understanding of exoplanets and the origins of water in our…
Martian volcanoes may have transported ice to the planet’s equator
Space Enormous layers of ice have been discovered in the equatorial regions of Mars, potentially formed by cataclysmic…
Best of Sustainability In Your Ear: Cool Earth’s Hannah Peck Collaborates With Indigenous Communities To Preserve The Planet’s Remaining Rainforests
In the latest episode of Sustainability In Your Ear, we explore an innovative perspective on rainforest preservation with…
General relativity might save some planets from death
Illustration of two planets revolving around a white dwarf starJULIAN BAUM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Planets that orbit white dwarfs,…
How hot can Earth get? Our planet’s climate history holds clues
The impact was so violent that it melted both Theia and Earth, creating a magma ocean that covered…
TRAPPIST-1 Planets Could Be Swimming in Water, Study Shows : ScienceAlert
Water-Rich Planetary System Discovered 40 Light-Years Away A recent study has revealed exciting new findings about a seven-planet…
Earth911 Podcast: Cool Earth’s Hannah Peck Collaborates With Indigenous Communities To Preserve The Planet’s Remaining Rainforests
Cool Earth is revolutionizing rainforest conservation with a groundbreaking approach that prioritizes direct support over traditional carbon offset…
DANGER FROM SPACE: Old Soviet Satellite Kosmos 482 Set To Fall Back to Earth Next Week, Raising Fears It May Cause Deadly Strike on Our Planet’s Surface |
Launched in 1972, Kosmos 482 is expected to fall back to Earth next week. In a rather ironic…
Future planets revealed in unprecedented detail
The solar system we call home is ancient, at approximately 4.6 billion years old. But in the vast…
Red Planet’s Core May Explain Strange Mystery of Ancient Magnetic Field : ScienceAlert
Mars' Lopsided Magnetic Field: A New Theory Scientists have long been intrigued by Mars' magnetic field, or lack…