Smacking an asteroid with a bomb or a smaller asteroid should shatter it into manageable pieces, right? Wrong. You’ve probably heard by now that the movie Armageddon got everything wrong — it’s simply not possible to blow up an asteroid … Read More
About 41,000 years ago, something remarkable happened: Earth’s magnetic field flipped and, for a temporary period, magnetic north was south and magnetic south was north. Palaeomagnetists refer to this as a geomagnetic excursion. This event, which is different to a complete … Read More
The Earth seems to inhale and exhale in a new animation that shows how carbon is taken up and released as the seasons change. During the summer, the animated continents appear to deflate, indicating times and locations where vegetation is … Read More
Earth’s magnetic north pole, which has been wandering faster than expected in recent years, has now crossed the prime meridian. The team of researchers that maintain the World Magnetic Model (WMM) has updated it and released it a year ahead … Read More
Hundreds of large flashes have been captured on camera reflecting off our planet, and they’ve helped NASA solve a mystery that stumped the likes of Carl Sagan more than two decades ago. These flashes are so bright that they can … Read More
We now have our first look at William Shatner’s first real trip to space after decades of portraying a legendary “Star Trek” captain, and the view appears to be spectacular. “Oh, wow!” Shatner says in a video released by Blue … Read More