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The “Rosetta Stone” of Alien Worlds: NASA’s Webb Unmasks a Super-Earth With a Scorching Atmosphere
A bold geochemical model reveals that TOI‑270 d, a sub‑Neptune 73 light‑years away, is likely a giant rocky world cloaked in a blistering, dense atmosphere rather than a watery Hycean planet. Webb ...
Scientists stumble across rare evidence that Earth is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada
Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...
From earthworms to heat shields: Trailblazing STEM educator teaches outside the textbook
From earthworms to heat shields, a trailblazing STEM educator from Raisbeck Aviation High School teaches outside the textbook ...
Winnebago County agrees to ownership of UWO Fox Cities, gives Weis collection to Appleton museum
New agreement would give Winnebago County ownership of UW-Oshkosh at Fox Cities campus, and Weis Earth Science Museum collection to Outagamie County.
Scientists may have found aliens…but should we contact them? Top physicists warn reaching out to extraterrestrials could result in 'the end of all life on Earth'
Scientist reveal promising signs of biological life on another planet, but trying to reach out to them could be 'a really bad ...
Who is Dr Nikku Madhusudhan?
Dr. Nikku Madhusudhan, an Indian-origin astrophysicist, leads a team that has found compelling evidence of biological ...
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A Diverse New Generation of Scientists Observes Earth from Above
Project-based learning and a modular class design help students from various backgrounds and universities gain hands-on experience with environmental remote sensing.
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Scientists find evidence that overturns theories of the origin of water on Earth
University of Oxford researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids ...
White House outlines plan to gut NOAA, smother climate research
The agency’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research would be “eliminated as a line office,” according to a memo from the Office of Management and Budget.
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Four space tourists return to Earth after a private flight over the poles
(AP) — Four space tourists who orbited the north and south poles returned to Earth on Friday, splashing down in the ...
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Higher education cuts to hit VU University's earth sciences department; 37 jobs at risk
The VU University Amsterdam is translating the government’s budget cuts and its other financial challenges into a reorganization of its Earth Sciences Department. That puts 37 employees at risk of ...