Meet Kepler-186f – the another Earth like planet outside our galaxy. This might be it. NASA discovered another Earth – planet that is very similar to the Earth by using Kepler Space Telescope. It is the first planet, which has got also similar size as the Earth. It was discovered...
Permafrost is key to the planet’s future. Even though that permafrost covers around 24% of exposed land in the Northern Hemisphere, not many people know what it is. Permafrost is permanently frozen ground over more than 2 years with the temperature permanently under 0°C. Permafrost occurs at high latitudes and...
This city was cover with water for 30 years. This is how it looks now. Villa Epecuen is located southwest of Buenos Aires, the capital city of Argentina. Great location near the lake of the Laguna Epecuen guaranteed, that this city was very lively and the population used to be...
This storm has 1 million lightning strikes a year. Do you like storms? If you do, there is a perfect place for you. This place is just above a swampy patch of Northwestern Venezuela, where the river Catatumbo meets with lake Maracaibo. Catatumbo lightning appears almost every night with average...
Giant Sea Tree will protect wildlife from the cities Everything on the Earth deserves a place called home. Even animals have their own places, where they feel safe, where they raise their young ones and where they sleep. And we are not doing particularly well in coexisting with these creatures living...
This movie shows, what we could accomplish in the future Sometimes it is very hard to have a productive day, if you are feeling extra lazy and not motivated. Sometimes you just want to escape from the stress and troubles of the world around you and have a peaceful moment...
Life on the Earth as we know it now, would not be possible without the water. Water, as many other things, is essential to life. But do you know where did the water come from? According to new study of ancient meteorites, this “majestic blue mass” was here, since our planet was...
Scientists have reconstructed an extremely old asteroid crash that was much stronger than the one that annihilated dinosaurs 65 million years ago. This brutal impact happened 3.26 billion years ago and the asteroid was four times bigger than dinosaur-killing rock – 37 to 58 kilometers. The created crater was 500...
Four inner planets of the Gliese 581 system and their host star in an artist rendering. A team of astronomers have discovered a planet like Earth, with basic conditions suitable for life, 20 light years (120 trillion miles) from our planet. ”The chances for life on this planet are 100...
Oxygen may not be the main constituent of the Earth’s atmosphere, but its role in the survival of many forms of life elevates its significance. No one can live without sufficient quantity of food, water and oxygen. Of the three, oxygen is by far the most important and urgently needed....
After preliminary tracking of a recently discovered asteroid, one Italian astronomer is making the case for a close flyby in 13 years. The new data suggest asteroid 2013 GM3, which is roughly 65 feet in diameter, will pass “dangerously close” to Earth on April 14, 2026. Francesco Manca of the Sormano Astronomical Observatory (OAS) near Milan, Italy,...
