Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
Astronomers have discovered four planets that are just a fraction of the mass of Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, which is 6 ...
ZME Science on MSN18h
The Solar System Passed Through a Massive Cosmic Wave Millions of Years Ago — And This May Have Cooled Earth
The Radcliffe Wave is a massive, undulating structure filled with dense clouds of gas and dust, stretching across several ...
Live Science on MSN5d
A giant extraterrestrial 'wave' hit Earth 14 million years ago — and may have dramatically altered our planet's climate
Our solar system's journey around the center of the Milky Way takes it through varying galactic environments, and one may ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists5d
Earth on the brink? Looking back on nearly two decades of tipping point research
David Armstrong McKay is a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sussex and the lead author of a 2022 paper that ...
Hosted on MSN27d
Earth Alone: No Other Planets in Our System
What If is a Webby Award-winning science web series that takes you on a journey through hypothetical worlds and possibilities, some in distant corners of the universe, others right here on Earth." ...