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According to one new paper, it's possible that our planet was instead seeded by "advanced extraterrestrials."

Paper Finds Earth May Have Been Terraformed by “Advanced Extraterrestrials”

By Victor Tangermann

July 9, July 22, and August 5 of this year will be some of the shortest days in years as a result of the Earth spinning faster.

Science & Energy

The Earth’s Rotation Is About to Spin Up So Much That Tomorrow Will Be Much Shorter Than Today

By Victor Tangermann

Scientists identified a heartbeat-like rhythmic pulse trapped within the Earth — and say it has profound implications for a whole continent.

Science & Energy

Scientists Detect Deep, Rhythmic Pulse Coming From Inside the Earth

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

For the past two decades, vast swathes of the oceans have been darkening as sunlight penetrates at shallower depths than it once did.

A Strange Darkness Is Spreading Throughout the Oceans

By Frank Landymore

Researchers find current figures of the world's population could be off by anywhere from hundreds of millions to several billion people.

Science & Energy

There May Be Several More Billion Humans on Earth Than We Thought

By Victor Tangermann

While trying to determine if it could use the entire Earth's atmosphere as a massive sensor, DARPA made a highly unusual detection.

DARPA Tried Using the Earth’s Atmosphere as a Giant Sensor and Detected Something Interesting

By Victor Tangermann

In a controversial experiment, physicists investigated whether we could harness the Earth's rotational energy to generate electricity.

Science & Energy

Scientists Build Device to Generate Electricity Using the Earth’s Rotation

By Victor Tangermann

NASA scientists have once again upgraded the odds of the asteroid 2024 YR4 striking our planet in 2032 to over double the initial estimate.

Don’t Freak Out, But the Chances of That City Killer Asteroid Hitting Earth Just Ticked Up Again

By Frank Landymore

After analyzing "super-continent" structures deep inside the Earth, scientists believe they could be up to billions of years old.

Science & Energy

Scientists Listening to Signals From Huge, Mysterious Objects Inside the Earth

By Frank Landymore

Scientists say they've discovered evidence of a "lost world" lurking deep below the Pacific Ocean, a surprising finding.

Scan Detects Evidence of “Lost World” Under Pacific Ocean

By Victor Tangermann

The Earth has parted ways with a tiny "mini moon" that's been orbiting our planet for two months now.

Earth’s Second Moon Has Vanished, Scientists Say

By Victor Tangermann

Resaerchers found that the vast majority of meteorites pummelling the Earth's atmosphere come from only three different asteroid families.

Almost All Meteorites That Hit Earth Are Coming From the Same Three Places, Scientists Discover

By Victor Tangermann

Tens of thousands of years ago, Earth's magnetic field flipped — and scientists have recreated the haunting sound it made.

Science & Energy

The Creepy Sounds the Earth Made When Its Magnetic Field Flipped Will Haunt Your Dreams

By Noor Al-Sibai

Something strange happened when the Earth was gripped by the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020: the Moon got substantially colder.

COVID-19 Pandemic Affected the Moon, Scientists Claim

By Victor Tangermann

An international team of scientists say they've discovered a weak, planet-wide electric field wrapping the Earth.

NASA Discovers Invisible Field Around Earth

By Victor Tangermann

Dark comets, which are cross between an asteroid and comet, can make up as much as 60 percent of near-Earth objects.

Earth Surrounded by Dark Comets, Astronomers Claim

By Sharon Adarlo