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Scientists Just Uncovered What Earth Looked Like Before It Was Even Fully Formed
New research is reshaping how scientists understand the earliest days of Earth’s formation—suggesting that the deep interior ...
Earth’s 5 catastrophic mass extinctions, explained
Our planet’s first known mass extinction happened about 440 million years ago. Species diversity on Earth had been increasing ...
‘City-killer’ asteroid won’t hit Earth in 2032, but don’t worry— another threat is looming
Asteroid 2024 YR4 won’t hit Earth in December 2032, but that doesn’t mean we’re out of the woods forever. Researchers warn ...
Earth’s oceans weren’t always blue, scientists say
But while lifeless during that time, the planet was already covered by vast oceans dotted with hydrothermal vent systems that ...
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Invisible electric field discovered surrounding Earth is "as crucial as gravity"
According to scientists, this ambipolar electric field is thought to be just as crucial to Earth as both gravity and ...
The closest potentially Earth-like exoplanet probably can't host life
Only a few years ago, astronomers heralded the discovery of a rocky world circling the sun 's closest space neighbor, Proxima ...
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How did the first cells form on Earth? Scientists think they finally figured it out
About 4 billion years ago, Earth began to show signs of the conditions that allowed the first cells to take hold and populate ...
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Earth's sea ice hits all-time low, NASA satellites reveal
To make matters worse, NASA scientists also discovered that, this year, summer ice in the Antarctic retreated to 764,000 square miles (1.98 million square kilometers) as of March 1, tying for "the ...