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The next ice age is coming in 10,000 years — unless climate change prevents it
Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have ...
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NASA will soon launch PUNCH to study how the Sun influences the space around us
NASA is now targeting an evening launch window for PUNCH and SPHEREx that opens at 10:09 P.M. EST on Tuesday, March 4. On ...
The Cosmic Clock That Set Off Earth’s Biggest Eruptions
Earth’s climate over millions of years is shaped by both internal forces, like volcanic activity, and external ones, such as ...
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Greenhouse Emissions Threaten The Future of Low Earth Orbit, Scientists Warn
The continued release of greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere could increase the longevity of space junk in low Earth orbit, a new paper reveals.
Study says climate change will even make Earth’s orbit a mess
Climate change is already causing all sorts of problems on Earth, but soon it will be making a mess in orbit around the planet too, a new study finds.
Scientists match Earth’s ice age cycles with orbital shifts
Earth emerged from the last ice age around 11,700 years ago. A new analysis suggests the next one could be expected in 10,000 ...
Earth's orbital rhythms link timing of giant eruptions and climate change
An international team of scientists has synchronized key climate records from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans to unravel the ...
The Manhattan Mercury13d
Study reveals how Earth's orbit controls ice ages
That's according to a new study published Thursday in Science, which analyzed how subtle shifts in Earth's orbit around the ...
Planet revolutions and why the Earth needs leap years
For example, Mercury, being closest to the sun, takes just 88 Earth days to complete one orbit. On the other hand, Neptune, ...
Earth's next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch
Scientists have predicted future glacial periods by matching Earth's past ice ages to its orbit around the sun. But their new ...
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Our next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch
Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago and a new study predicts the next one should be 10,000 years away. But the researchers say record rates of fossil fuel burning that are ...
Space.com12d
How fast is Earth moving?
Earth orbits around the sun at a speed of 67,100 miles ... How do the sun and galaxy move? The sun has an orbit of its own in the Milky Way. The sun is about 25,000 light-years from the center ...