Scientists found the missing 16% of Earth’s lost supercontinent hiding in the Himalayas

A continental mash-up some 750 to 550 million years ago was likely essential for complex life to emerge during the Cambrian ...
Science News

Freshwater first appeared on Earth 4 billion years ago, ancient crystals hint

Earth may have had fresh, not just salty, water as soon as 600 million years after the planet formed — a mere blink of an eye in geologic time. Researchers analyzed oxygen molecules within ...
Forbes

Earth Is Suddenly Slowing And Days Now Last Longer, Scientists Say

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. After a few years of speeding up, our planet now appears to ...
Phys.org

Earth's inner core: Nobody knows exactly what it's made of, but now we've started to uncover the truth

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...
CNN

Earth’s core has slowed so much it’s moving backward, scientists confirm. Here’s what it could mean

Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Deep inside Earth ...
Forbes

Earth’s Rotation Is Slowing Faster Than In 3.6 Million Years

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Earth is illuminated against the blackness of space in this ...
Phys.org

The way Earth's surface moves has a bigger impact on shifting the climate than we knew

Our planet has experienced dramatic climate shifts throughout its history, oscillating between freezing "icehouse" periods and warm "greenhouse" states. Scientists have long linked these climate ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A Weak Spot in Earth’s Magnetic Field Is Growing, but Scientists Say Not to Worry. Here’s a Look at What Shields Us From Space Weather

Our planet’s magnetosphere has seen dramatic shifts across its history—even total reversals—but this recent wrinkle doesn’t pose a threat to life Earth’s magnetic field surrounds the planet, with ...
CNET

Google’s New Earth AI Doesn’t Just Forecast Storms. It Can Predict Who’s in the Path

Google is fusing Gemini's reasoning with decades of satellite and weather data so organizations can respond to crises faster. When a hurricane forms or a river swells, the urgent question isn’t just ...
Wired

A Collision With Another Planet Could Have Allowed for Life on Earth

the Earth you walk on today might not be the same planet that was born 4.5 billion years ago. Many scientists believe that in its infancy, Earth collided with another world the size of Mars, and that ...
The Conversation

Extraterrestrial life may look nothing like life on Earth − so astrobiologists are coming up with a framework to study how complex systems evolve

We have only one example of biology forming in the universe – life on Earth. But what if life can form in other ways? How do you look for alien life when you don’t know what alien life might look like ...
Time

10 Surprising Facts About Earth Day

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