Tag: Earth’s

Auroras occur in Earth's ionosphere, where charged solar particles collide with atmospheric atoms. New research suggests this may be the ...

Not actually a crater, the Batagay megaslump is a sign of the times. Posted on Jun 4, 2024 9:29 AM ...

Imagine a layer cake, wrapping around the Earth. That is essentially what the Earth’s atmosphere is like: layers upon layers ...

Angled view of the Giordano Bruno, Lunar crater, 2016. The height and sharpness of the rim are ... evident, as ...

Geothermal energy—the heat beneath our feet—has the potential to “transform the U.S. energy landscape,” according to the U.S. Department of ...

A top panel of geologists has decided not to grant the 'human age' its own distinct place in earth's geological ...

An illustration shows hexagon shaped footprints project on a band of asteroids representing the view of the Rubin observatory (Image ...

Credit: NASA, ESA/Andreas Mogensen This high exposure photograph revealed Earth's atmospheric glow against the backdrop of a starry sky in ...

Last spring, scientists retrieved a trove of mantle rocks from underneath the Atlantic seafloor — a bounty that could help ...

Thousands of asteroids surround us, as shown by their orbits, but our planet may have a way of tackling them. ...