- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 26th, 2012
![Massive Asteroids Hit Earth More Often Than Thought Massive Asteroids Hit Earth More Often Than Thought](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Massive-Asteroids-Hit-Earth-More-Often-than-Thought-1.jpg)
Massive Asteroids Hit Earth More Often Than Thought
New study produces high-resolution analysis of the geological record
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 17th, 2012
![Asteroid Impacts Benefit Subterranean Microbe Populations Asteroid Impacts Benefit Subterranean Microbe Populations](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Asteroid-Impacts-Benefit-Subterranean-Microbe-Populations-1.jpg)
Asteroid Impacts Benefit Subterranean Microbe Populations
The collisions create new niches in which these organisms can spread
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 9th, 2012
![Earth May Have Spread Life to Nearby Stars Earth May Have Spread Life to Nearby Stars](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Earth-May-Have-Spread-Life-to-Nearby-Stars-1.jpg)
Earth May Have Spread Life to Nearby Stars
Asteroid impacts may have thrown DNA material into deep space
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 5th, 2012
![Earth Climate Models Are Now Being Adapted for Exoplanets Earth Climate Models Are Now Being Adapted for Exoplanets](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Earth-Climate-Models-Are-Now-Being-Adapted-for-Exoplanets-1.jpg)
Earth Climate Models Are Now Being Adapted for Exoplanets
Scientists want to develop tools that can forecast weather on other worlds
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2012
![Earth Has Several Temporary Moons Earth Has Several Temporary Moons](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Earth-Has-Several-Temporary-Moons-1.jpg)
Earth Has Several Temporary Moons
Our planet has more than one moon at any given time, experts say
- Physics / Chemistry
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 4th, 2012
![Half-Life of Samarium-146 Refined Half-Life of Samarium-146 Refined](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Half-Life-of-Samarium-146-Refined-1.jpg)
Half-Life of Samarium-146 Refined
The new number changes our understanding of the solar system
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 29th, 2012
![Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Comets-May-Have-Delivered-Amino-Acids-to-Early-Earth-1.jpg)
Comets May Have Delivered Amino Acids to Early Earth
This may have opened the way for the emergence of life here
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 29th, 2012
![Earth May Have Evolved Through Collision Erosion Earth May Have Evolved Through Collision Erosion](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Earth-May-Have-Evolved-Through-Collision-Erosion-1.jpg)
Earth May Have Evolved Through Collision Erosion
Existing explanations on how it formed are unsatisfactory
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 26th, 2012
![Astronomers Still in Doubt over Where the Moon Came from Astronomers Still in Doubt over Where the Moon Came from](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Astronomers-Still-in-Doubt-Over-Where-the-Moon-Came-From-1.jpg)
Astronomers Still in Doubt over Where the Moon Came from
It may not have emerged following a collision between Earth and another planet
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 21st, 2012
![How Earth's Atmosphere Looked Like Before Oxygenation How Earth's Atmosphere Looked Like Before Oxygenation](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/How-Earth-s-Atmosphere-Looked-Like-Before-Oxygenation-1.jpg)
How Earth's Atmosphere Looked Like Before Oxygenation
Experts say it jumped back and forth between various states for a long time
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 20th, 2012
![Calculating the Activity of Bacteria in the Deep Seabed Calculating the Activity of Bacteria in the Deep Seabed](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Calculating-the-Activity-of-Bacteria-in-the-Deep-Seabed-1.jpg)
Calculating the Activity of Bacteria in the Deep Seabed
Even these remote, inhospitable locations are inhabited
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
![How Earth's Continents Evolved Over the Eons How Earth's Continents Evolved Over the Eons](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/How-Earth-s-Continents-Evolved-Over-the-Eons-1.jpg)
How Earth's Continents Evolved Over the Eons
Scientists analyze data spanning 4.5 billion years
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 17th, 2012
![Anniversary: GRACE Satellites Turns 10 Anniversary: GRACE Satellites Turns 10](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Anniversary-GRACE-Satellites-Turns-10-1.jpg)
Anniversary: GRACE Satellites Turns 10
The mission analyzes changes in Earth's natural systems
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
![Earth May Reveal Why Iapetus Is So Weird Earth May Reveal Why Iapetus Is So Weird](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Earth-May-Reveal-Why-Iapetus-Is-so-Weird-1.jpg)
Earth May Reveal Why Iapetus Is So Weird
The Saturnine moon has an extremely unusual appearance
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
![How the First Continents Formed How the First Continents Formed](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/How-the-First-Continents-Formed-1.jpg)
How the First Continents Formed
New theories shed doubt on established scientific knowledge
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
![Jupiter Is Both Earth's Friend and Foe Jupiter Is Both Earth's Friend and Foe](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/Jupiter-Is-Both-Earth-s-Friend-and-Foe-1.jpg)
Jupiter Is Both Earth's Friend and Foe
The planet dictates our chances of being hit by comets
- Science Blog
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 15th, 2012
![“2012 Near-Miss Asteroid” Will Return in 2013 “2012 Near-Miss Asteroid” Will Return in 2013](https://news-cdn.softpedia.com/images/news2/2012-Near-Miss-Asteroid-Will-Return-in-2013-1.jpg)
“2012 Near-Miss Asteroid” Will Return in 2013
Experts complete calculations on the space rock's orbital path