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Earth got hammered by cosmic rays 41,000 years ago due to a weak magnetic field
Space via Yahoo News· 1 day agoEarth's magnetic shield weakened around 41,000 years ago, resulting in increased bombardment of our ...
Astronomers fight to save a major X-ray space telescope
Popular Science via Yahoo News· 1 hour agoEven ground-based astronomy is faced with hard choices, as the National Science Foundation is now...
A New Use for Old Concrete Could Revolutionize Carbon Capture
Popular Mechanics via AOL· 2 hours agoAnd the best part? This produces no harmful effects (or parking lots). While trees get a lot of...
The Mars Sample Return mission has a shaky future, and NASA is calling on private companies for...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoMars is the nearest and best place to search for life beyond Earth, and if this ambitious NASA...
Earth's magnetic field formed before the planet's core, study suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoAround 2.5 billion years ago, the atmosphere suddenly experienced a flood of oxygenation. This was...
Worst U.S. cities for air pollution ranked by lung association
CBS News via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoWorst cities for ozone Although ozone in the upper atmosphere protects Earth, high levels of the gas...
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoThe colors indicate the light’s relative arrival time, according to the colors of the rainbow, with...
The weather experiment that really flooded Dubai - EconoTimes
EconoTimes· 9 hours agoA reckless experiment in Earth’s atmosphere caused a desert metropolis to flood. Desert cities like...
From the coast to the deep sea, changing oxygen levels affect marine life in different ways -...
EconoTimes· 9 hours agoEarth’s atmosphere maintains a constant level of oxygen, whether it is a wintry, rainy day or hot...
A NASA Mars rover is in a great place to search for signs of life
Quartz· 3 hours agoUnlike its predecessor Curiosity, NASA’s Perseverance rover is explicitly intended to “search for...