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As expected, a behemothic iceberg roughly twice the size of New York City has broken off in Antarctica. As NASA Earth Observatory made clear earlier this week, however, this isn’t actually a cause for concern. In fact, as British Antarctic Survey glaciologist Dominic Hodgson said, there is no link between this iceberg and the ongoing (and […]
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. […]
ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets Scientists have found signs of what could be the first-ever planet located outside of our galaxy, BBC News reports. […]
Lil Uzi Vert says he’s “working on” securing ownership of WASP-127 b, a gas giant exoplanet. The planetary claim arrived Wednesday night thanks in large part to Grimes, who pointed fans to an artistic rendering of WASP-127 b and said “apparently [Uzi] owns this planet.” Uzi was quick to respond, saying he’s “still working on it” and was […]
A newly discovered exoplanet, or planet outside of the solar system, may contain water clouds, CNN reports. Located 90 light-years from Earth, the exoplanet, known as TOI-1231 b, is believed to have clouds in its atmosphere, based on observations of the planet’s radius and mass. Researchers suspect TOI-1231 b is low density, and quite comparable to another […]
NASA is investigating a string of “Marsquakes” that have been detected on the Red Planet, in the hopes that they could provide info about potential surface landslides or underground volcanos. The tremors were detected by the space agency’s InSight lander, which touched down on our planetary neighbor back in November 2018. Insight’s purpose is to learn more about […]
An asteroid thought to be one of the biggest threats to strike the planet when it was first discovered back in 2004 is now being dismissed as a non-issue (at least for the foreseeable future) after astronomers were able to better assess its trajectory. Check back in 100+ years. Previously the object, dubbed ‘99942 Apophis,’ was believed […]
In a new study published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, scientists from McGill University, York University, and the Indian Institute of Science Education detail the fascinating discoveries that have been made about one “lava planet” in particular. Named K2-141b, this exoplanet is about half the size of Earth, per NBC News. The exoplanet was initially […]
Nestled between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres is believed to have once had all the essential minerals—liquid water, energy, and carbon-bearing organic molecules—required to sustain life, National Geographic reports. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft orbited Ceres for about a year to learn more about the formation of bright spots made up […]
It has been said time and time again—Earth is headed to hell in a hand basket. Now, a new study titled “Record-Setting Ocean Warmth Continued in 2019” further proves this fact by taking a look at the world’s oceans and showing just how much of an absolute disaster we have created. You know, to put it lightly. The study looks at the temperature […]
