Strange unexplained sounds have been detected that scientist believe could be coming from an a Earth like planet in the habitable zone. Astronomers also believe the mysterious signals – previously dismissed as stellar bursts – are coming from an Earth-like…
What does the far future have in store for Earth? source: BBC
A new Japanese island created by a volcanic eruption last month has grown to more than three times its original size. The island, located 621 miles south of Tokyo, was formed from lava that cooled and solidified above sea level…
An impact crater is an approximately circular depression in the surface of a planet, moon or other solid body in the Solar System, formed by the hypervelocity impact of a smaller body with the surface. In contrast to volcanic…
Mount St Helens Mount St Helens is located in the Cascade mountain range in the state of Washington in the United States and is famous for its devastating 1980 eruption, which killed 57 people. Among the dead were a geologist…
Earthquakes explained. An earthquake (also known as a quake, tremor or temblor) is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth’s crust that creates seismic waves. The seismicity, seismism or seismic activity of an area refers to…
What does the distant future hold for earth? Future Earth The biological and geological future of the Earth can be extrapolated based upon the estimated effects of several long-term influences. These include the chemistry at the Earth’s surface, the rate…
The Late Heavy Bombardment The Late Heavy Bombardment (commonly referred to as the lunar cataclysm, or LHB) is a hypothetical event around 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago (Ga). During this event a very large number of the impact craters…
How the moon was formed. 4500Ma The giant impact hypothesis states that the Moon was formed out of the debris left over from a collision between the Earth and a body the size of Mars, approximately 4.5 Gya (four and…
How the earth was formed: 4600Ma The history of the Earth concerns the development of the planet Earth from its formation to the present day. Nearly all branches of natural science have contributed to the understanding of the main events…
Desert Earth A vast desert formed in Earth’s prehistoric past when the supercontinent of Pangaea straddled the equator and stretched to the poles. Pangaea’s position influenced ocean circulation patterns, and its huge size meant that there were vast areas where…
Rano Kau is an extinct volcano that rises out of the southwestern part of Easter Island. It is almost a mile across and actually has its own self contained climate as a result of its inner walls being sheltered from…
