Tag: Earth
The spinning of Earth's inner core is slowing down. Is this how it all ends?
Geophysicist John Vidale noticed something striking while tracking the way seismic waves move from Earth’s crust through its core. The very...
Here's how to catch the best meteor light show of the year
The first time Bill Cooke ever saw a meteor shower, he was 11 years old in the woods of North Georgia getting...
NASA JPL team hopes to give greenhouse gas-monitoring satellite 'unprecedented' vision
It was almost 10 years ago when Andrew Thorpe received a text from the crew flying overhead in a small aircraft: They...
Explainer-How Boeing's Starliner can bring its astronauts back to Earth
By Joey RouletteWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Problems with Boeing's Starliner capsule, still docked at the International Space Station (ISS), have upended the original plans...