Earth is often described as a circle or an oval, but it is neither. As the planet spins more than 1,000 miles per hour at the ...

2024 PT5, Earth’s newest mini-moon, is expected to go into orbit of Earth for a couple of months from Sept. 29, 2024. Update, Oct. 9, 2024: A link to a map of asteroid 2024 PT5’s orbit around the sun ...

Explains how Earths day length could extend to 25 hours over hundreds of millions of years due to lunar tides, and how this ...

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The environments in space habitats and on the Earth are both closed-loop systems, only on vastly different scales. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Earth is getting a second moon, a mini-moon asteroid called 2024 PT5, on September 29. This asteroid from the Arjuna asteroid belt will follow a horseshoe path around Earth for 57 days.

It's a story of competing tides. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The length of Earth's day is only 24 hours, rather than over 60 ...

Why are we even having this discussion? It's crazy that there are people who not only believe the Earth is flat like a pizza but also try to prove it. It's like trying to prove you shouldn't add ...

Earth's spherical shape is supported by centuries of scientific observation and evidence. A flat Earth model contradicts established physics and cannot explain observed phenomena. Lunar eclipses and ...

You would have a hard time finding these common Earth rocks on our neighboring planets. Here’s what makes our landscapes so unique. Limestone landscapes, like this one in the Stone Forest in China’s ...