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Denmark Strait Cataract: World's Largest Underwater Waterfall Discovered
The Denmark Strait cataract, the world’s largest underwater waterfall, is located between Iceland and Greenland. Plunging 11,500 feet from top to bottom, it plays a key role in the global ocean circulation system. The waterfall forms part of the thermohaline circulation, which helps regulate the Earth's climate. Despite its immense size, it remai...
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Christmas Eve Asteroid Alert: 120-Foot Space Rock Racing Toward Earth
With a size of 120 feet and a close approach on December 24, this asteroid will pass safely at a distance of 4.48 million miles.
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Did Venus Ever Have Oceans? Scientists Have An Answer
Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky composition.
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Mega Meteorite, 4 Times The Size Of Mount Everest, May Have Sparked Life On Earth: Study
This immense rock slammed into Earth, boiling the oceans and unleashing a record-breaking tsunami.
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Scientists Reconstruct Face Of Car-Sized Insect That Roamed Earth 340 Million Years Ago
Despite its massive size, the creature's diet was likely just vegetation from the forests it lived in.
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Pontus Plate: Long-Lost Part Of Earth Believed To Be 120-Million-Year-Old Discovered In Borneo
Researchers have reconstructed the ancient Pontus plate, estimating it covered an area roughly one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA Images Show Construction Of Egypt's Brand-New Capital City
The city dubbed as The New Administrative Capital (NAC) will be a sprawling metropolis, comparable in size to Singapore, and designed to accommodate over 6 million residents.
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Earth-Sized World With Potential For Life Discovered Just 40 Light-Years Away
Astronomers have discovered Gliese 12 b, an exoplanet potentially habitable due to its size and temperature similarity to Earth and Venus.
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Antarctica's France-Sized Ice Shelf Makes Daily Jumps, Raising Icequake Concerns
The potential acceleration and eventual disintegration of the Ross Ice Shelf, leading to its movement into the sea, would have far-reaching consequences for ice coverage throughout the region.
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Asteroid, The Size Of A Skyscraper, To Pass By Earth Today
An asteroid designated as 2024 BR4 is set to make a breathtakingly close pass by Earth this Valentine's Day.
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5 Asteroid To Skim Past Earth This Week, 2 The Size Of Airplane: NASA
These asteroids aren't expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said.
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
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Truck-Sized Asteroid Misses Earth, Sails Past Without Contact
The rock, which was spotted for the first time on Saturday by an amateur stargazer in Crimea, came closest to the southern tip of South America.
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Asteroid To Make One Of The "Closest Approaches To Earth Ever Recorded"
An asteroid the size of a box truck is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded on Friday, according to NASA.
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NASA Says Massive Airplane-Sized Asteroid Will Make Its Closest Approach To Earth Today
The asteroid activity around Earth has increased lately. Now, NASA has issued a warning that another asteroid - approximately the size of an aeroplane - is on its way to Earth and will reach its closest approach today, August 28.
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Denmark Strait Cataract: World's Largest Underwater Waterfall Discovered
The Denmark Strait cataract, the world’s largest underwater waterfall, is located between Iceland and Greenland. Plunging 11,500 feet from top to bottom, it plays a key role in the global ocean circulation system. The waterfall forms part of the thermohaline circulation, which helps regulate the Earth's climate. Despite its immense size, it remai...
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Christmas Eve Asteroid Alert: 120-Foot Space Rock Racing Toward Earth
With a size of 120 feet and a close approach on December 24, this asteroid will pass safely at a distance of 4.48 million miles.
-
Did Venus Ever Have Oceans? Scientists Have An Answer
Earth is an ocean world, with water covering about 71% of its surface. Venus, our closest planetary neighbor, is sometimes called Earth's twin based on their similar size and rocky composition.
-
Mega Meteorite, 4 Times The Size Of Mount Everest, May Have Sparked Life On Earth: Study
This immense rock slammed into Earth, boiling the oceans and unleashing a record-breaking tsunami.
-
Scientists Reconstruct Face Of Car-Sized Insect That Roamed Earth 340 Million Years Ago
Despite its massive size, the creature's diet was likely just vegetation from the forests it lived in.
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Pontus Plate: Long-Lost Part Of Earth Believed To Be 120-Million-Year-Old Discovered In Borneo
Researchers have reconstructed the ancient Pontus plate, estimating it covered an area roughly one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean.
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NASA Images Show Construction Of Egypt's Brand-New Capital City
The city dubbed as The New Administrative Capital (NAC) will be a sprawling metropolis, comparable in size to Singapore, and designed to accommodate over 6 million residents.
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Earth-Sized World With Potential For Life Discovered Just 40 Light-Years Away
Astronomers have discovered Gliese 12 b, an exoplanet potentially habitable due to its size and temperature similarity to Earth and Venus.
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Antarctica's France-Sized Ice Shelf Makes Daily Jumps, Raising Icequake Concerns
The potential acceleration and eventual disintegration of the Ross Ice Shelf, leading to its movement into the sea, would have far-reaching consequences for ice coverage throughout the region.
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Asteroid, The Size Of A Skyscraper, To Pass By Earth Today
An asteroid designated as 2024 BR4 is set to make a breathtakingly close pass by Earth this Valentine's Day.
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5 Asteroid To Skim Past Earth This Week, 2 The Size Of Airplane: NASA
These asteroids aren't expected to threaten the planet, the American space agency said.
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Tropical Forest Size Of Football Pitch, Lost Every 5 Second: Report
Earth lost an area of carbon-absorbing rainforest larger than Switzerland or the Netherlands in 2022, most of it destroyed to make way for cattle and commodity crops, an analysis of satellite data released on Tuesday revealed.
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Truck-Sized Asteroid Misses Earth, Sails Past Without Contact
The rock, which was spotted for the first time on Saturday by an amateur stargazer in Crimea, came closest to the southern tip of South America.
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Asteroid To Make One Of The "Closest Approaches To Earth Ever Recorded"
An asteroid the size of a box truck is predicted to make one of the closest approaches by a near-Earth object ever recorded on Friday, according to NASA.
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NASA Says Massive Airplane-Sized Asteroid Will Make Its Closest Approach To Earth Today
The asteroid activity around Earth has increased lately. Now, NASA has issued a warning that another asteroid - approximately the size of an aeroplane - is on its way to Earth and will reach its closest approach today, August 28.
