Leap Days by Julius Caesar
Today, February 29th, is a leap day, a calendar system that started in 46 BC by Julius Caesar, adding one leap day every four years.
Moon was created by a collision between Earth and a forming planet
A head-on violent collision between the early Earth and a “planetary embryo” called Theia, formed the Moon approximately 100 million years after the Earth formed.
Watching Earth from day to night from Space
Watch Earth from day to night, from Japan’s Himawari-8 satellite, that every day captures imagery of the western Pacific, Australia, and parts of Asia, Antarctica
Why Earth is Not Flat, explained
An introductory guide to the Flat Earth movement (!), starting with the Copernicus theory in 1514, false confirmation in 1957…
2015- the Hottest Year on Record
Officially announced that 2015 was the warmest year ever recorded on Earth, and it was not even close!
This is how Earth would look like with Rings
All of our Solar System’s giant planets, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, have their own ring system. This is how Earth would look like with rings. Credit:
Current rate of Environmental change is unprecedented in Earth’s history
Researchers published a study concerning the rate of environmental change occurring today, that is unprecedented in Earth’s history.
Most detailed Seafloor map
The map above shows a global view of gravity anomalies, unveiling the most complete unified view of the Earth’s seafloor to date.
NASA releases new High-Resolution Earthrise image
NASA releases new High-Resolution Earthrise image, recently captured from LRO spacecraft’s vantage point in orbit around the moon.
The mission to drill into Earth’s mantle restarts
The mission to drill into Earth’s mantle restarts this week, with a research vessel that drills core samples and collects measurements from under the ocean