Earth’s inner core is less solid than we thought
Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...
‘It’s almost science fiction’: Scientists say the shape of Earth’s inner core is changing
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...
Scientists discover yet another change to Earth’s inner core: its shape
Scientists found that the inner core’s structure changes as it rotates. It deforms at its border, potentially accumulating ...
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Hank Green's Journey To The Microcosmos ¦ Conversations With Joe Clip
Hank Green shares the fascinating story behind Journey to the Microcosmos, a YouTube channel that brings the hidden world of microbes to life. From collaborating with a dedicated microscopist in ...
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How NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission may help us understand the origins of life on Earth
The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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How life's building blocks took shape on early Earth: The limits of membraneless polyester protocell formation
A recent study investigates how polyester microdroplets, potential precursors to modern cells, could form under realistic early Earth conditions. Researchers pushed these conditions to the limits, ...
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Mighty marvels, an epic ending and a spooky school by various authors – children’s book reviews
Travel back through time to meet the world’s most enormous animals, brace yourself for the final fantastic adventure in a ...
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'Large' asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. But not why you think.
"Earth is taking up a bigger percentage of that uncertain area," Betts explained. "So the impact percentage goes up." Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of-this world tech, space and science stories?
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An Asteroid Has a 1-in-77 Chance of Hitting Earth. Here's What It Would Do
Some argue that Earth should experience a similar impact, on average, once per century. Others suggest such collisions might only happen every 10,000 years or so. The truth is we don’t know – but that ...
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Life probably exists beyond Earth. So how do we find it?
“It’s not science fiction ... only facility on Earth built specifically to look for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. Richards tells me that the ATA is working through a target ...