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The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...
A comet that has been on an 81,000-year journey to fly by Earth is finally arriving -- and should be visible in our skies in the upcoming days. The space rock — named Comet C/2023 A3 Tsuchinshan ...
Rahul Rao is a former intern and contributing science writer for Popular Science since early 2021. He covers physics, space, technology, and their intersections with each other and everything else ...
The mission was led by Luke Iseman, a 41-year-old serial entrepreneur with a mohawk hairstyle and an orange t-shirt that read "Cool Earth." Inspired by a science fiction novel, Iseman had founded ...
The mission was led by Luke Iseman, a 41-year-old serial entrepreneur with a mohawk hairstyle and an orange t-shirt that read "Cool Earth." Inspired by a science fiction novel, Iseman had founded ...
While the concept of using diamond dust to cool the Earth may seem promising, the financial implications are staggering. The estimated cost of this geoengineering project is a jaw-dropping $200 ...
A controversial experiment to artificially cool Earth was canceled — what we know about why. Harvard’s canceled solar geoengineering project shows what happens when you try to test ...
Intense pressure and sweltering temperature would accompany a trip down through Earth's layers and out through the other side. However, this trip would be possible only in science fiction.
Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward, Earth’s inner core in changing shape.
One of the team's first ideas was to deposit a platform that spits space dust out at the Lagrange point L1, which lies about 900,000 miles inside Earth's orbit, directly between the sun and the Earth.
Planet Comics #38, 48 (Fiction House, 1945, 1947) In Mysta's debut issue, the God of War pressed his advantage on Earth by causing humans to turn their back on science and knowledge, destroying ...
SIMON: In the novel, a Texas billionaire shoots sulfur into the stratosphere - that's about six to 30 miles above Earth's surface - to combat global warming. And this is real science.