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According to recent geochemical discoveries, Earth’s ‘Great Oxidation Event’ occurred over a period of 200 million years

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain About 2.5 billion years ago, free oxygen, or O2first began accumulating to meaningful levels in Earth’s atmosphere, paving the way for the emergence of complex life on our evolving … Read more

A missing link in the timeline of Earth’s chemistry may have been found

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Two planets, the left one with pinkish hues, connected by a jagged line like a heart rate monitor to the right planet, earth. A small moon hangs top left of earth, between the planets.

A missing piece of Earth’s evolutionary timeline may have been found. Using computational models, a team of scientists explored how working back into modern biochemistry could help map out how simple, non-living chemicals were present on early Soil gave rise to complex molecules that led to the origin of life as we know it. Researchers … Read more

Interstellar invader: the cosmic event that rewrote Earth’s climate history

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Two million years ago, the solar system encountered a dense interstellar cloud that may have significantly affected Earth’s climate by compressing the heliosphere and exposing the planet to high levels of cosmic and galactic radiation. (Artist’s concept.) Credit: SciTechDaily.com New astrophysical research highlights a major cosmic event two million years ago, when the solar system … Read more

Earth’s upper atmosphere could hold a missing piece of the universe, new research shows

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A green aurora rings part of the globe

The Earth may be swimming through an ocean of… dark matter – and waves in that invisible ocean lapping against our planet’s upper atmosphere could generate detectable radio waves that could finally help us find this elusive part of the universe, according to new theoretical research. A wealth of astrophysical and cosmological evidence points to … Read more

Scientists are mapping one of Earth’s greatest dangers in the Pacific Northwest

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Scientists have mapped one of the most dangerous places on earth in unprecedented detail: a geological boundary spanning more than 1,000 kilometers just off the northwest coast of the Pacific Ocean. Along this loaded stretch, called the Cascadia subduction zone, two pieces of the Earth’s crust slide against each other, building stresses that could cause … Read more

Scientists record Earth’s radio waves from the moon

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked trusted source proofread OK! Credit: CC0 Public domain × close to Credit: CC0 Public domain On February 22, a lunar lander named Odysseus landed near the moon’s south pole and released four antennas to record radio waves around the surface — a moment that astrophysicist Jack … Read more

A new contest lets you name Earth’s first ‘quasi-moon’ for free. Here’s how to enter.

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An asteroid orbiting the sun alongside Earth

Have you ever wanted to mention part of the name? solar system? Well, here’s your chance: A new contest will let one lucky participant name one of Earth’s “quasi-moons.” Anyone can submit a possible name for our planet’s small, temporary satellite for free – and we can show you how. Quasi-moons, also called quasi-satellites, are … Read more

Stunning new photos of Jupiter’s infernal moon captured from Earth’s surface

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The Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), located on Mount Graham in Arizona and operated by the University of Arizona, is part of the next generation of extremely large telescopes (ELTs). With two 8.4 m (~27.5 ft) primary mirrors, it has a collecting area slightly larger than that of a 30 meter (98.4 ft) telescope. With their … Read more

How worms fueled Earth’s biodiversity explosion

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This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain × close to Credit: Pixabay/CC0 public domain One of the most consequential bursts of biodiversity on Earth—a thirty-million-year period of explosive evolutionary change that spawned countless new species—may owe its humblest of creatures to this crucial … Read more