Tag: Earths

Aditya L1: Aditya L1 escapes Earth’s sphere of influence: ISRO

The Aditya-L1 Mission spacecraft has travelled beyond a distance of 9.2 lakh kilometres from Earth, successfully escaping the sphere of Earth’s influence, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) said on Saturday. It is now navigating its path towards the Sun-Earth Lagrange Point 1 (L1), the space agency said in a statement on X. This is

We might NOT be alone! NASA says it can’t rule out that ‘alien technology’ is operating in the Earth’s atmosphere

NASA cannot rule out that ‘potential unknown alien technology’ is operating in the Earth’s atmosphere, a new report has concluded. The study of flying saucers, UFOs and claims alien spaceships are visiting the earth has long been the preserve of mavericks and the unhinged. But yesterday, NASA said it wanted to dispel the ‘negative perception’

NASA discovers sunspot so big it can be seen from Mars that could release solar storms that knock out Earth’s power grids next WEEK

By Stacy Liberatore For Dailymail.com Updated: 20:43, 22 August 2023 NASA has identified a giant sunspot on the sun that will likely continue to grow and move across the surface until it faces Earth next week. Experts have warned that the dark region, which is cooler than the surrounding area, could release energetic explosions capable

Mongolia’s Rare Earths Diplomacy and Its Geopolitical Implications – The Diplomat

Advertisement Mongolia, rich in minerals especially copper and rare earths, but sandwiched between China and Russia, is making a pivotal shift toward a “third neighbor” – the United States. During a recent visit to Washington, Prime Minister Oyun-Erdene Luvsannamsrai aimed to fortify U.S. ties concerning critical minerals and particularly to enhance cooperation in rare earth

Antarctic could be turning from the planet’s fridge into Earth’s ‘radiator’, scientists warn

The Antarctic is turning from a fridge for the world – keeping temperatures down – to ‘a radiator’, scientists warned yesterday. Ice on land and sea in the Antarctic would normally reflect the sun’s rays back into space, but as water forms ponds and lakes on Antarctica, this absorbs heat. Professor Martin Siegert said the

Lex Fact Sheet: Rare Earths Shortage Will Hurt US and China

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Nearly half of Earth’s species are at risk of extinction, according to new study

Earth is closer to another mass extinction than previously thought, according to a bombshell study. Almost half of the animals on the planet faced with a sharp decline in population, which is almost twice the previous estimate, scientists warn. Evolutionary biologist Daniel Pincheira-Donoso, lead author of the new study, told Dailymail.com that he considers the

Hunt for dead NASA satellite as it re-enters Earth’s atmosphere

Dead 600 lb NASA satellite crashed in Africa? Hunting for a spacecraft the size of a shipping container amid fears it could land in Chad overnight The US space agency has not yet said whether the satellite burned out or where it fell. The 600-pound ship, the size of a shipping container, was decommissioned in

Incredible video shows how the Earth’s surface has changed over the past 100 MILLION years

Although we may not always notice it, the surface of our planet is constantly shifting under our feet. To demonstrate this, scientists from the University of Sydney Australia has modeled how the Earth’s landscape has changed over the past 100 million years. It takes into account how climate has affected the movement of sediments by

See Earth’s toxic algae from SPACE: Phytoplankton blooms cover 12.1 MILLION square miles of ocean

Incredible satellite images show how poisonous algae are now growing in at least 12.1 million square miles (31.47 million square kilometers) of the ocean thanks to human activity. Research by scientists from the Southern University of Science and Technology. China found that the total area affected by phytoplankton growth has increased by 13.2 percent since