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Weak magnetic field may have supported diversification of life on Earth
Phys.org· 5 days agoAn unusual reduction in the strength of Earth's magnetic field between 591 and 565 million years ago...
What Can Early Earth Teach Us About the Search for Life?
Universe Today· 8 hours agoEarth is the only life-supporting planet we know of, so it’s tempting to use it as a standard in the...
When and where you can see the Eta Aquariids meteor shower peak
CBS News· 1 day agoGet ready for one of the best meteor showers of the year, astronomy fans: the Eta Aquariids are...
Radio astronomers bypass disturbing Earth's atmosphere with new calibration technique
Phys.org· 18 hours agoThe technique allowed astronomers to take clear radio images of the universe at frequencies between 16 and 30 MHz for the first time. This was thought to be impossible, because the ionosphere ...
Reason Venus is so dry ‘finally discovered’
New York Post· 7 hours agoThe reason Venus is so dry has been discovered by scientists. Earth’s scalding and uninhabitable planetary neighbour has almost no water, although it...
Venus is losing water faster than previously thought – here’s what that could mean for the early...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 11 hours agoVenus, Earth’s solar system neighbor. JAXA/ISAS/DARTS/Kevin M. Gill, CC BY Scientists...
Earth's Magnetic Field's "Near-Collapse" 590 Million Years Ago May Have Helped Complex Life
IFLScience· 4 days agoThe Earth's magnetic field has changed direction many times over millions of years, sometimes...
Earth's magnetic field 'near-collapse' boosted evolution, scientists think
Newsweek· 5 days agoA bizarre drop in the strength of the magnetic field has been found to have occurred between 591 and...
Starship will be bigger than the Great Pyramids, Elon Musk says
The Independent via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoIn March, SpaceX delivered an uncrewed Starship rocket to orbit for the first time, however the...
NASA astronaut and director Ellen Ochoa awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
SPACE.com· 2 days agoEllen Ochoa, who later directed NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, was bestowed with the...