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Bus-Size Asteroid To Give Earth Close Shave Friday

David Drew — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 06:08:29 +0000

I bet Bruce Willis knew about this already…. A small asteroid will make an extremely close pass by Earth Friday (Jan. 27), coming much nearer than the moon, but the space rock poses no danger of impacting our planet, NASA scientists say. The newfound asteroid 2012 BX34, which is about the size of a [...]

Watch a Glorious Video of Our Planet at Its Most Stunning

Jeremy Taylor — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:19:32 +0000

For the past two years, videographer Tom Lowe has been shooting footage of the American Southwest for his upcoming ultra-HD time lapse feature film ‘TimeScapes.’

The new trailer has just been released online, and the footage Lowe has captured of both our planet’s natural and man-made beauty will make you proud to call Earth home.

Did Planet Earth Once Have Two Moons?

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 03:00:57 +0000

Astronomers from the University of California, Santa Cruz have uncovered evidence suggesting that two moons once orbited Earth. They speculate that the second moon — which was about 1/3 the size of our current moon — was formed in the same collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object that scientists believe created our existing moon. Then, [...]

Japan Sank Two Feet

Ken Hayes — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 15:58:10 +0000

Last week’s earthquake in Japan has actually significantly altered our planet. Japan sank two feet into the earth and the epicenter of the quake actually moved 13 feet by the time it was over! Our days are actually 1.6 microseconds slower. This article from yahoo expains. Why did the quake shorten the day? The earth’s [...]