Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field. Rather than blocking particles, the magnetic field can funnel them along ...

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At the start of the year, Earth will quietly reach a milestone in its orbit around the sun. Known as perihelion, this is the moment when our planet is closer to the sun than at any other point in the ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth’s mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades, defying reigning theories of how our planet came to be. In a new study ...

New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun. Artist’s impression of the collision between ...

Astronomers recently detected a stray quasi-moon in our planet’s orbit, but it's hardly the first stowaway to hang out around Earth. Unlike the Earth's moon, quasi-moons are not gravitationally bound ...

“Alien: Earth” serves as the TV extension of the “Alien” film franchise. It debuted on FX back in August to strong reviews from critics and audiences alike. The cast includes Sydney Chandler, Alex ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of ...

The discovery of a new celestial object in the Earth's neighborhood has created a buzz online asking whether the planet now has a second moon in its orbit. Any thoughts that Earth is now going to be ...

Gemini will now connect different Google Earth AI models for ‘trusted tester’ users. Gemini will now connect different Google Earth AI models for ‘trusted tester’ users. is a NYC-based AI reporter and ...

Google has come up with a way to better map Earth’s disasters, predict them, and be able to track which communities and ecosystems are going to be harmed. If you want to find out what’s straining the ...