What is perihelion? Here's what happens when Earth is nearest to the sun

Here's how the astronomical phenomenon influences our planet—from the length of our seasons to the way Earth moves through ...
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Rocks that make up Canada, Greenland, and Hawaii may be what’s left of the original Earth before a Mars-like asteroid hit billions of years ago

Armed with that information, the researchers went about gathering samples from the areas of land that are believed to be the ...
New York Magazine

Lots of Giftable National Geographic Science Kits Are On Sale

Looking for a gift to keep kids busy over winter break? Get them a National Geographic science kit. A ton are on sale at Amazon right now, and most are 30 percent off. I think the Super Gross ...
Science Daily

Earth is splitting open beneath the Pacific Northwest

For the first time, scientists have seen a subduction zone actively breaking apart beneath the Pacific Northwest. Seismic data show the oceanic plate tearing into fragments, forming microplates in a ...
AvPGalaxy

[Spoilers] Kit Young Talks Filming Alien: Earth’s “The Fly” Lab Scene

Following the release of Alien: Earth’s sixth episode, “The Fly,” actor Kit Young who portrayed the science ambitious hybrid Isaac/Tootles spoke to Collider about his work on Noah Hawley’s series, ...
Variety

‘Alien: Earth’ Star Kit Young Breaks Down Tootles’ Episode 6 [SPOILER!] and What It Means for Prodigy Corporation’s Future

SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from “The Fly,” Season 1, Episode 6 of “Alien: Earth,” now streaming on Hulu. Within the opening moments of “Alien: Earth,” it was revealed that the race ...
collider

'Alien: Earth's Kit Young Breaks Down Episode 6's Terrifying Lab Sequence: "We Did It All in One Take"

Carly Lane is an Atlanta-based writer and critic who has been with Collider in some form or fashion since 2021. She considers herself a television nerd, diehard romance/sci-fi/fantasy reader, and ...
Ars Technica

NASA’s acting chief calls for the end of Earth science at the space agency

Sean Duffy, the acting administrator of NASA for a little more than a month, has vowed to make the United States great in space. With a background as a US Congressman, reality TV star, and television ...
The Hill

Duffy says climate science will ‘move aside,’ with NASA only focusing on space exploration

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said Thursday that climate and earth science at the agency will “move aside” as it refocuses solely on space exploration. “All the climate science and all of the ...
Long Island Press

Jericho parents enraged over Earth Science Regents exam

Jericho Union Free School District Board of Education trustees, school officials, parents, and educators voiced sharp criticism on Thursday, June 12, over this year’s newly implemented Earth Science ...
SpaceNews

Potential NASA Earth science cuts highlight budget uncertainty

COLORADO SPRINGS — Some NASA Earth science missions have been told to prepare termination plans given the potential for major budget cuts in the agency’s overall science activities. Rep. George ...
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Scientists match Earth’s ice age cycles with orbital shifts

Beginning around 2.5 million years ago, Earth entered an era marked by successive ice ages and interglacial periods, emerging from the last glaciation around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests ...