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Earth, the largest and densest rocky planet, was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. The Earth's ...
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The atmosphere is a mixture of nitrogen (78%), oxygen (21%), and other gases (1%) that surrounds ...
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The Earth has a magnetic field with north and south poles. The magnetic field of the Earth ...
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The Earth's one natural satellite, the Moon, is more than one quarter the size of Earth itself ...
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Do you wonder what Earth's Polar Regions are like? Where do polar bears live? Where do penguins ...
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Warm near the equator and cold at the poles, our planet is able to support a variety of living ...
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Water is found in many places on Earth including on the surface of the planet, within rocks ...
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What is life? Why is there life on Earth, but not on any other planets in the solar system ...
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The United Nations estimated that between 1994-2015, there were 6,873 natural disasters worldwide, ...
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Did you know that
lunar
eclipses are produced by the Earth casting its shadow on the Moon?
Did you know that the Earth’s crust is thinner under the oceans than it is on the continents?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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Scree slopexScree slope : An accumulation of broken rock fragments at the base of crags or mountain cliffs
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Research Highlights
Geologists have found evidence that sea ice extended to the equator 716.5 million years ago, bringing new precision to a "snowball Earth" event long suspected to have taken place around that time. Funded...
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