Snowball Earth’s liquid seas dipped way below freezing
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UN approves first carbon credit to Myanmar woodstove project
The United Nations announced Thursday the approval of the first carbon credits under a global market aimed at…
Landsat 9: More Than Just A Picture
By Chris Burns, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center For over 50 years, the Landsat program has provided the longest…
Stephen Hawking, astrophysicist, “Quiet and silent people are the ones who have the strongest and loudest minds”
Stephen William Hawking was a British theoretical physicist and cosmologist. Born on Jan. 8, 1942 in Oxford, Hawking…
Before Anacondas, the Biggest Snakes Ever Were as Long as a Semi-Truck and Weighed Over a Ton
Long before modern pythons set records, species like Titanoboa cerrejonensis and Vasuki indicus reached lengths that seem almost…
Moons of the solar system: A space-themed word search
Moons may seem like quiet companions to the planets, but many of them are worlds every bit as…
Revealed: Thames Water’s environmental and financial disaster
The river Pang is a chalk stream that winds through the Berkshire countryside. It is known for its…
This NASA technology meant for space now powers everyday life
For a very long time, space observation relied on CCD (charge-coupled device) sensors, including the Hubble Space Telescope.…
ALMA Investigates Giant Molecular Clouds in Galaxy NGC 1387
Molecular gas is a key component in the evolution of galaxies, influencing both their star formation and overall…
Beaver pair released into wild in Cornwall ‘are still together’
Natural England previously issued licences to release the animals at the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in Exmoor, Somerset,…
Space travel is very, very bad for your health.
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New platinum-free photocatalyst turns sunlight and water into renewable energy
A small beaker of water can look ordinary. Under the right light, it can also become a quiet…