Asteroid Apophis will fly just 32,000 kilometres from Earth in April 2029, and NASA says the encounter could reshape its surface

In 2029, asteroid Apophis is set to make a close approach to Earth, presenting scientists with an exceptional chance for ...

NASA mission maps invisible heat loss from Earth's rapidly changing poles

At the top and bottom of the planet, the seasons arrive on a schedule all their own. Satellite data from a mission measuring ...

Underground gases may explain Earth’s most devastating climate changes and mass extinctions

A hidden process deep beneath Earth’s surface may have played a powerful role in some of the most dramatic climate swings in ...

NASA model reveals Earth is actually shaped like a potato

For centuries, Earth has been pictured as a near-perfect blue sphere floating through space — but a new high-precision gravity model is revealing a far stranger reality. Using detailed measurements ...
Phys.org

Amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface varies over decades, researchers report

The sun may rise every morning, but the amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface can substantially vary over decades, according to a perspective article led by an international research team. The ...
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What lies beneath: Earth's inner core could have 'extreme hydrogen' unlike anything seen on surface

Earth's inner core is filled with a rare material known as 'extreme hydrogen', a study has claimed.

Earth’s surface barely scratched: Why no one’s ever reached the planet’s core

Despite decades of effort, humans have only drilled 0.2% into Earth’s crust. Heat, pressure, and flowing rock make reaching ...

NASA’s gravity maps show Earth’s gravity is uneven, with some anomalies linked to deep structures inside the planet rather than the surface we see

NASA's GRACE satellites mapped subtle variations in Earth's gravity field. These gravity anomalies originate from dense and less-dense rock regions deep within the mantle. One significant gravity low ...
Forbes

Earth Has Sudden ‘Ground Level Event’ — Here’s What That Means

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Thermal image of an eruption or flare on the surface of the ...
Forbes

‘Intraterrestrials’ In Earth’s Deep Subsurface Defy Life As We Know It

In the tantalizing quest to find extraterrestrial life beyond our own solar system, or at least beyond Earth, we often forget the myriad ways in which life has evolved within our own planet’s deep ...

Dark Matter May Be Leaving a Signal in Earth’s Atmosphere

Earth’s magnetic field and atmosphere may form a planet-scale detector for ultralight dark matter, potentially amplifying ...

Falling Satellites Could Have A Devastating Effect On Earth's Ozone Layer

There are a lot of satellites above our heads these days, but they will eventually come down, and when they do our ozone ...