The 748-foot-long sediment core contains a record of roughly the past 23 million years, including periods when the planet's surface temperature was hotter than it is today ...

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One very special thing about the ISS is that humans have lived there continuously since the year 2000. That means for more ...

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"If our hypothesized dark charge is true, then we believe there could be a significant population of primordial black holes, which would be consistent with other astrophysical observations, and ...

Astronomers may have discovered a new Earth-sized exoplanet orbiting a Sunlike star just 146 light-years away. Before you pack a suitcase, however, there’s a catch: even if the find is confirmed, the ...

If you thought humanity already had its hands full with climate change, think again. With satellites and space junk increasingly cluttering our planet’s low Earth orbit, a team of scientists warn that ...

At half the size of Earth and one-tenth its mass, Mars is a featherweight as far as planets go. Yet new research reveals the extent to which Mars is quietly tugging on Earth's orbit and shaping the ...

How did life begin on Earth? While scientists have theories, they don't yet fully understand the precise chemical steps that led to biology, or when the first primitive life forms appeared. But what ...

When Earth was a molten inferno, water may have been locked safely underground rather than lost to space. Researchers discovered that bridgmanite deep in the mantle can store far more water at high ...

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The Google Earth Day quiz is an interactive personality quiz created by Google that matches you with an animal based on your personality traits. First launched in 2015, it appears as a special Google ...