Understanding where Earth's essential elements came from—and why some are missing—has long puzzled scientists. Now, a new ...

One leading theory on the origins of life on Earth proposes that simple chemical molecules gradually became more complex, ...

The Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanization studies the long-term interaction between cities (and their non-urban counterparts), land use, and the Earth system. The PANTROPOCENE project ...

But surprisingly, the object’s orbit around the sun is similar to Earth’s, suggesting that 2024 PT5 originated from our corner of the solar system. Astronomers first spotted the asteroid on ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth-Moon System Jan. 7, 2025 — A researcher has used advanced models that indicate that the formation of Pluto and Charon may parallel that of the Earth ...

By analysing... Scientists have proposed that Earth may once have had a ring system similar to Saturn’s, formed by an asteroid breakup 466 million years ago. This ring may have triggered global ...

NASA reports that the construction and operation of China's Three Gorges Dam have slightly slowed Earth's rotation by 0.06 microseconds. This effect is due to the redistribution of water mass ...

Even Earth's moon had a 95% chance of supporting a stable ring system in the simulations. "[W]e did not anticipate that moons in a hostile gravitational environment, with many other moons and ...

This effort, using NASA's THEMIS dataset, will significantly enhance the prediction of geomagnetic storms, which can disrupt Earth's communication and security systems. Led by the University of ...

He received funding from CSIRO and the National Environmental Science Programme while he was Leader of the NESP Earth Systems and Climate Change Hub over 2018-2021. He retired from full-time ...