News Space World Jupiter will appear in the sky tonight, closest to Earth in 59 years by Amy Davidson Jupiter reaches closest proximity to Earth in 59 years tonight! Expect clear views via telescope, binoculars, or the naked eye after sunset. Jupiter is set to make a grand appearance…
News World The Earth just recorded its shortest day yet by Tammy Moir July 29th was recorded as being the shortest day on Earth since we started measuring time with atomic clocks back in 1956. Earth completed one rotational spin in 1.59 milliseconds…
Nature News Science Scientists have dug up part of a dinosaur that died the same day the asteroid hit by Lochie Schuster Palaeontologists in the United States have uncovered the remains of a dinosaur dated back to the literal day the asteroid wiped them all out. The leg of a 66 million-year-old…
News Space Listen to the sounds of every planet in our solar system, as recorded by NASA by Happy Give your next set of samples a celestial twist with NASA’s official recordings of the Sun, Earth, and every other planet in our solar system. Space is vast beyond comprehension…
News Space The Coronavirus pandemic has caused the Earth to vibrate less by James Peppercorn Scientists have recorded a decrease in seismic noise of the Earth’s crust since the implementation of stronger social distancing measures. The Coronavirus Pandemic is affecting Earth and our way of…
News Space The Earth started spinning a lot faster last year, researchers reveal by Emily Elvish In an incredible turn of events, the Earth decided to be dramatic and start spinning a lot faster in 2020. When it came to 2020, even our own planet said:…
News Space Weird Earth is in contact with a ‘Galactic Federation’, according to former Israeli space security chief by Phil Hanlon A former Israeli space security chief has claimed that there is a ‘Galactic Federation’ and aliens do exist – and Trump knows all about it. In what is quite eyebrow-raising…
News Science Space Weird Scientists have just discovered an actual hell planet where it rains rocks and the ocean is lava by Phil Hanlon Scientists have genuinely discovered a planet that rains rocks and the oceans are made of lava, and they didn’t call it hell. Whilst planet Earth continues to fight a global…
News Science Space Just so you know, there’s now an asteroid on course to potentially collide with Earth in 2068 by Jayden Collins Asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of chaos, is picking up speed with a potential collision with Earth set for 2068. A 330-metre-wide asteroid, affectionally named Apophis, is picking…
Nature News Science This interactive map of Earth shows you what your hometown looked like millions of years ago by Jayden Collins This interactive world map lets you see what your hometown looked like and where it was millions of years ago. Earth has gone through some pretty substantial changes in its…
News Science Space A shockwave from the collision of two black holes 7 billion years ago has reached Earth by Jayden Collins The collision of two black holes 7 billion years ago has been detected on Earth, creating a black hole 142 times the mass of our Sun. The merging of two…
News Prehistoric lifeform “wakes up” after laying dormant for over 100 million years by Claire Adema Scientists have well and truly outdone themselves with this one. Prehistoric microbes have been found living in rock sediment deep below water level, clocking in at about 100 million years…
News Turns out the moon is 85 million years younger than we thought by Jayden Collins It looks like we all owe the moon an apology after a recent study found that it isn’t as old as it looks. In fact, it’s 85 million years younger….