Did the moon come from Earth? New study sheds light on moon’s origin and...
A recent study by researchers from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research has revealed exciting insights into...
What are the Santa Ana winds that are fueling the L.A. wildfires? When will...
The Santa Ana winds fanning wildfires that have killed at least 25 people in Southern California and destroyed more than 10,000 houses, businesses and...
Beyond bread and cereal: What farmers ate 5,000 years ago
The Funnel Beaker Culture, which flourished between 4000 and 2800 BCE in Southern Scandinavia and northern Germany, marks the first era when people in...
Scientists identify a new dinosaur species from destroyed fossil photos
Paleontologists have made an incredible discovery of a new species of predatory dinosaur that lived 95 million years ago in North Africa during the...
The Los Angeles fires got extremely close to NASA’s JPL facility
The wildfires raging around Los Angeles have made plenty of headlines lately, though they are slowly starting to get under control.
NASA was a part...
Why studying asteroids could save our planet
Asteroids are rocky objects left over from the early days of our solar system, orbiting the Sun much like planets. While most asteroids are...
It’s official, 2024 was the hottest year on record
Climate scientists must fear sounding like a broken record when discussing new record temperatures yearly.
But once again, last year was the hottest one ever...
Planets can form in even the harshest conditions
According to the most widely held astronomical model (the Nebular Hypothesis), new stars are born from massive clouds of dust and gas (aka. a...
Planets without plate tectonics could still be habitable
It has been thought that the existence of plate tectonics has been a significant factor in the shaping of our planet and the evolution...
Solving a 200-year-old volcanic mystery: The hidden eruption of 1831
Researchers have finally solved a centuries-old mystery about a massive volcanic eruption in 1831 that caused global chaos.
Until now, no one knew which volcano...