Earths

A few decades ago, seismologists imaging the deep planet identified a thin layer, just over a few hundred kilometers thick. The origin of this layer, known as the E prime layer, has been a…

A long-ago reshuffling of the giant planets in our solar system may have been instrumental in giving Earth its moon. For decades, planetary scientists have hypothesized that…

Microtektites found in Caribbean may shed light on tektite origin — Science News, August 11, 1973 Though their origin remains a mystery to scientists, huge strewn fields of…

A dense rainforest or other verdant terrestrial vegetation may be what first comes to mind at the mention of photosynthesis. Yet the clouds of phytoplankton that fill the oceans are the…

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DC has revealed its next two direct-to-video-animated movies, and they're based on two of the most iconic graphic novels of the 1980s. Both Crisis on Infinite Earths and Watchmen…

At the center the Earth is a solid metal ball, a kind of "planet within a planet," whose existence makes life on the surface possible, at least as we know it. How Earth's inner core formed,…

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Magnetotactic bacteria, which can align with the Earth's magnetic field, have been discovered in a new location. Previously observed on land and in shallow water, analysis of a hydrothermal…

Mars Needs Cheerleaders Following a fortnight of run ‘n’ gun action and top-tier puzzling, we’re going back to the stars with Hamster’s favorite genre, the shmup — Available on PS4 and…