Tiny bits of Earth’s atmosphere have been drifting to the moon for billions of years, guided by Earth’s magnetic field.

More than a billion years ago, a shallow basin in what is now northern Ontario held a subtropical lake. The setting likely ...

New research reveals the Moon may have been silently collecting Earth’s atmosphere for billions of years. Scientists now ...

The new data confirm that TOI-561 b maintains a substantial atmosphere despite its extreme heat. Astronomers from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C., reported that TOI-561 b has ...

When you look at photographs of Earth from space, the planet looks like a blue marble, with patterns of clouds lying on the surface of the marble. It seems as if Earth's atmosphere is incredibly thin, ...

The moon's surface may be more than just a dusty, barren landscape. Over billions of years, tiny particles from Earth's atmosphere have landed in the lunar soil, creating a possible source of ...

Through the analyses of gases and fluids preserved within salt crystals, the team extended the direct record of Earth’s ...

More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is now northern Ontario, a subtropical lake much like ...

At any given moment, more than 10,000 satellites are whizzing around the planet at roughly 17,000 miles per hour. This constellation of machinery is the technological backbone of modern life, making ...

Research evaluates the likelihood of debris from interstellar object 3I/ATLAS reaching Earth, analyzing gas, dust and larger ...

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