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Today is a scientifically short day
Ample sunshine, ice cream, and afternoons at the beach might leave you wishing that summer would never end. Unfortunately, this year the season is speeding by a smidge faster than normal. Through July and August of 2025, slight fluctuations in Earth’s rotation mean many of the days have been or will be measurably (though not conspicuously) shorter.
According to the paper laying out the research behind the discovery, "TOI-1846b is a super-Earth-sized planet, with a radius ...
Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.
In 2023, researchers made plenty of discoveries for the record books — and the history books. This year’s scientific superlatives shed new light on our ancient ancestors, our planet and the ...
Science moves ever onward, so it's easy to miss some scientific discoveries. In case you missed them, these are the 12 coolest discoveries of May 2022.
Paleontology produces newsworthy discoveries. Fossils, ... Another contributing factor is the closing of Earth science departments, a primary employer of paleontologists, ...
Earth’s surface could hide some big blemishes. More than 90 impact craters larger than a kilometer across await discovery, researchers estimate in the Sept. 1 Earth and Planetary Science ...
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