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NASA has detected that an asteroid will come daringly close to Earth, though it won’t hit our planet. According to a press release from the space agency, the asteroid is roughly “the size of a box truck… is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded.” The asteroid, called […]
A new United Nations report on the emissions gap has determined the planet is falling short in controlling climate change. According to scientific studies published this week, experts predict Earth temperatures will hit three degrees Celsius within the next 80 years. Should the planet hit that threshold, it would be double that of the preindustrial levels (1.5 degrees Celsius) […]
Earth is headed toward unrecognizable changes. According to researchers at Curtin University in Australia and Peking University in China, the world will experience a geological reconfiguration caused by the Pacific Ocean’s inevitable disappearance. The study, published by the National Science Review, highlights the fact that the globe’s oldest and largest ocean began shrinking during the dinosaur era, and continues to lose a few centimeters […]
Jupiter is closer than it’s been in decades. Earlier this month, NASA informed the planet that “excellent views of Jupiter” should be expected for the evening of Sept. 26. Per the space-focused agency, this is due to what’s known as opposition, i.e. the moment at which Earth is directly between the Sun and another planet. […]
Patagonia is under new ownership. Brand founder Yvon Chouinard announced the news Wednesday, confirming he and his family gave away the $3 billion company in an effort to fight climate change. The move comes nearly 50 years after the rock climber-turned-billionaire opened the first Patagonia store in Ventura, California. In the following decades, the Chouinards owned and operated the […]
Planet earth is getting very close to reaching a population of 8 billion human beings. While eight billion people sounds like a lot of fucking people, and it undeniably is, there is quite clearly some division among population-focused researchers and related experts on whether or not the rate we’ve seen in recent decades will continue. […]
For the first time in history, astronomers have captured a photo of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy. Via the Event Horizon Telescope, astronomers have shared the image of the Milky Way’s Sagittarius A*, per the EHS website. While the black hole itself—which has been discussed by scientists for years—cannot be seen, the image shows […]
Total Luxury Spa is coming to Gucci Vault. The brand, founded by Daniel DeSure, announced on Monday that it will be launching its “‘UNA-Tools of Love & Mindfulness” collection exclusively on the online concept store. The new collection aims to focus “discussions around the human condition,” and its release coincides with a promise to donate to the Hillcrest Elementary School in […]
NASA, in the agency’s own words, is “crashing a spacecraft into an asteroid…on purpose.” On Wednesday at approximately 1:21 a.m. ET, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. But what, exactly, is DART? In short, it’s the first planetary defense test mission, the […]
SpaceX has, once again, made history. On Wednesday night, the aerospace manufacturer successfully launched its Inspiration4 mission, marking the first time an all-civilian space crew made it into orbit. The crew of “amateur astronauts” is made up of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital physician assistant Hayley Arceneaux, geoscientist Sian Proctor, data engineer Chris Sembroski, and billionaire businessman Jared Isaacman, who […]
