The largest hazardous asteroid found in the last 8 years showcases a little-known class of planet-killers. And we’re woefully unprepared.
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“I hope we take a mindset where we are willing to look for weird life in weird places.”
The Source Family, a radical 1970s utopian commune, still impacts what we eat today.
The cycles of life all rely on the dynamism of the Earth’s crust.
Have you ever noticed how many things you interact with but can’t name? So did we.
Looking back on our planet’s early history offers a new (and less crazy) meaning for the idea of a “flat Earth.”
Total eclipses are a product of a strange and almost eerie cosmic coincidence — one that makes Earth an even rarer world in the galaxy and, by proxy, in the Universe.
The Earth that exists today wasn’t formed simultaneously with the Sun and the other planets. In some ways, we’re quite a latecomer.
All across the Universe, planets come in a wide variety of sizes, masses, compositions, and temperatures. And most have rain and snow.
If you had a clear western horizon, you had your shot at this view! On September 9, 2021, the Moon and Venus nearly overlapped. A simulated view of the post-sunset skies […]
The TRAPPIST-1 system is a treasure trove of possibilities and questions. Observations by JWST have just begun.
There’s an entire Universe out there. So, with all that space, all those planets, and all those chances at life, why do we all live here?
Freethink’s weekly countdown of the biggest space news, featuring a stranded space factory, Jeff Bezos’ new moon lander, and more.
Astronomy’s roots rest in the very origins of humanity. We have always looked to the skies for answers. We are starting to get them.
ATD 2024 challenged us to make moments of recovery part of our daily practice. Here’s how each keynote speaker advised finding that balance.
And why, even at its faintest, it always outshines every other star and planet. If you’ve been looking to the west after sunset recently, you may have noticed that there’s one […]
Do you think you know the Solar System? Here’s a fact about each planet that might surprise you when you see it!
JWST just found its first transiting exoplanet, and it’s 99% the size of Earth. But with no atmosphere seen, perhaps air is truly rare.
As the Sun ages, it loses mass, causing Earth to spiral outward in its orbit. Will that cool the Earth down, or will other effects win out?
Based on the atoms that they’re made out of, the innermost planet should always be the densest. Here’s why Earth beats Mercury, hands down.
The Schumann resonances are the background hum of the entire planet. But they don’t affect humans in any way.
Nikolaas Tinbergen’s concept of “supernormal stimulus” explains why humans are attracted to a heightened version of reality.
If there are human-sized creatures walking around on other planets, would we be able to view them directly?
Earth, the only rocky planet with a large, massive satellite, is greatly affected by the Moon. Destroying it would cause 7 major changes.
Plants are very sensitive to touch, with research showing that touching a plant can change its genome and launch a cascade of plant hormones.
From the tablets of the Babylonians to the telescopes of modern science, humans have always looked to the skies for fundamental answers.
There are plenty of life-friendly stellar systems in the Universe today. But at some point in the far future, life’s final extinction will occur.
The classic picture of Jupiter’s great rocky core might be entirely wrong.
The Antarctic Treaty of 1959 prohibited nations from making new land claims on the continent. But it never mentioned claims from private individuals.
Some fascinating observations of K2-18b have come along with horrendous, speculative communications. There’s no evidence for oceans or life.