The Moon is making days last longer on Earth
Imagine an Earth where the sun sets about six hours earlier than what we're accustomed to today.
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JJ Shavit
- Aug 30
First ever 'alien' objects found on Earth, according to Harvard professor
The find, occurred off the coast of Papua New Guinea, has the potential to redefine our understanding of the universe and our place in it.
JJ Shavit
- Aug 1
'Earth-shattering' new algorithm discovers the first ‘potentially hazardous’ asteroid
An asteroid discovery algorithm has identified its first “potentially hazardous” asteroid, a term for space rocks in Earth’s vicinity.
JJ Shavit
- Jul 13
Gravitational forces from the sun and moon influence animal and plant behaviors
The rhythms of activity in all biological organisms, both plants and animals, are closely linked to the Sun-Earth-Moon gravitational tides
JJ Shavit
- Jun 16
Scientists detail major discovery in the search for life on other planets
An Earth-like planet orbiting an M dwarf star could cause a major shift in the search for life on other planets.
JJ Shavit
- Jun 4
Scientists developing an actual tractor beam to clean up space junk
NASA estimates that about 23,000 chunks of debris the size of a softball or larger currently swirl through space.
JJ Shavit
- May 25
Scientists believe a space elevator to the Moon is possible using today's technology
One of the primary hurdles to our continued exploration and expansion across the solar system may be the overwhelming cost.
JJ Shavit
- May 11
Breakthrough discovery answers the fundamental question of how all life on Earth began
Scientists have been trying to determine how simple molecules that existed on early Earth gave rise to the complex organisms we see today.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 10
Scientists finally answer the question of how life on Earth began
Chemical evolution was first proposed in the 1920s as the idea that life first originated with the formation of macromolecules.
JJ Shavit
- Mar 8
A planet in our solar system could end all life on Earth
A terrestrial planet hovering between Mars and Jupiter would be able to push Earth out of the solar system and wipe out life on this planet.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 31
Reducing anesthetics during surgery decreases greenhouse gases without affecting patient care
Anesthesiologists can play a role in reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming, according to new research.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 18
Scientists can finally explain how rocky planets form
A new theory for how rocky planets form could explain the origin of so-called "super-Earths"—a class of Earth-like exoplanets.
JJ Shavit
- Jan 11
Scientists finally answer the fundamental question of how life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
Joshua Shavit
- Dec 27, 2022
Earth can stabilize run-away climate change on its own, MIT study finds
Scientists have confirmed that a “stabilizing feedback” on 100,000-year timescales keeps global temperatures in check and habitable.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 11, 2022
Scientists solve the genetic mystery to how all life on Earth began
The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 10, 2022
Building a space elevator to the moon is possible using today’s technology
Perhaps the biggest hurdle to humankind’s expansion throughout the solar system is the prohibitive cost of escaping Earth’s gravity.
JJ Shavit
- Dec 5, 2022
Space-based laser communications system will transform future science missions
TBIRD has delivered terabytes of data at record-breaking rates of up to 100 gigabits per second — 100 times faster than in most cities,
JJ Shavit
- Nov 24, 2022
Earth is currently experiencing it's 7th mass extinction
Earth is currently in the midst of a mass extinction, losing thousands of species each year, new UC Riverside research suggests.
JJ Shavit
- Nov 12, 2022
The earth-sun distance found to dramatically alter seasons
An unrecognized effect boosts or diminishes the Pacific cold tongue, likely impacting El Niño/La Niña events and North American weather
JJ Shavit
- Nov 11, 2022
Researchers solve the mystery of how all life on Earth began
Chemical evolution was first proposed in the 1920s as the idea that life first originated with the formation of macromolecules.
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