- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- April 26th, 2012
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Even these remote, inhospitable locations are inhabited
- Nature
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 19th, 2012
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
The mission analyzes changes in Earth's natural systems
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
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
New theories shed doubt on established scientific knowledge
- Space
- By Tudor Vieru
- March 16th, 2012
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
Experts complete calculations on the space rock's orbital path