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About 2.3 Billion Years Ago, a Firehose of Oxygen was Released Into the Atmosphere

26 Mar , 2018 by Matt Williams

According to a new study by an international team of scientists, oxygen was introduced rather rapidly to Earth’s atmosphere over 2 billion years ago

NASA’s Aqua Satellite Watches Ships Crossing the Atlantic Ocean

23 Jan , 2018 by Matt Williams

A new image released by NASA’s Aqua satellite shows a beautiful pattern of clouds created by ships criss-crossing the Atlantic Ocean

ESA Discovers Where All The Missing Socks Have Been Going

12 Jul , 2016 by Matt Williams

Thanks to the ESA’s Cluster mission, scientists now know that part of the plasma found in our magnetosphere is coming from us!

What Causes Air Pollution?

13 Apr , 2016 by Matt Williams

Air pollution is a major issue facing us Earthlings, and knowing its causes (both natural and man-made) is a key part in addressing it

Mars is the 4th planet from Sun, and the place that holds our imagination because of the possibility that there might be life there. There are some similarities to Earth, like its day length, solid ground and polar caps, but there are many differences as well, like its much smaller size, mass and gravity. And don’t forget about the extremely cold temperatures. Let’s learn about Mars compared to Earth.

Earth's Hadean Eon is a bit of a mystery to us, because geologic evidence from that time is scarce. Researchers at the Australian National University have used tiny zircon grains to get a better picture of early Earth. Credit: NASA

Earth May Have Lost Some Primoridial Atmosphere to Meteors

4 Dec , 2014 by Matt Williams

During the Hadean Eon, some 4.5 billion years ago, the world was a much different place than it is today. As the name Hades would suggest (Greek for “underworld”), it was a hellish period for Earth, marked by intense volcanism and intense meteoric impacts. It was also during this time that outgassing and volcanic activity […]

Why Is The Sunset Red?

31 Oct , 2010 by Jerry Coffey

[/caption] Why is the sunset red? Awesome question. The most basic answer is that light is refracted by particles in the atmosphere and the red end of the spectrum is what is visible. To better understand that you have to have a basic understanding of how light behaves in the air, the atmosphere’s composition, the […]

What Is The Atmosphere?

7 Feb , 2010 by Jerry Coffey

[/caption]What is the atmosphere? It is only the thing that keeps you from being burned to death every day, helps to bring the rain that our plants need to survive, no to mention it holds the oxygen that you need to breath. Essentially, the atmosphere is is a collection of gases that makes the Earth […]

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