An exploding, green “devil comet” is zooming past the Andromeda Galaxy as it races toward Earth, creating some astonishing nighttime photo opportunities. Live Science has more: https://flip.it/by8-I9
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On March 28, Earth was hit by a powerful solar flare that caused a radio blackout over the Pacific Ocean. Live Science has more on the explosion that came “on the heels of a double X-class flare that occurred Monday [March 25], triggering the most powerful geomagnetic storm on our planet in six years.” https://flip.it/Qcz25T
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The so-called “great instability” event that sent gas giants careening through space until they settled into orbits occurred between 60 and 100 million years after the birth of the solar system. Migrating planets primarily Jupiter, it turns out, may have led to the formation of Earth’s moon. Live Science explains: https://flip.it/wWBTEy
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Two giant blobs lurk deep within the Earth, but why?
From @popsci "Some scientists believe they could be responsible for plate tectonics."
May 12 is International Women in Mathematics Day. Danish seismologist Inge Lehman developed a mathematical model based on her research on seismic waves, demonstrating that #Earth has a solid inner core 🌍
Scientists have mapped one of the most hazardous spots on the globe in unprecedented detail: a 600-mile geologic boundary just off the #PacificNorthwest coast.
Along this fraught stretch, called the #CascadiaSubductionZone, 2 pieces of the #Earth’s crust slide against each other, building up stresses capable of unleashing a catastrophic 9.0-magnitude #earthquake & generating a #tsunami, w/waves as high as 40 feet.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2024/06/07/earthquake-tsunami-cascadia/
It’s a vicious cycle: The planet gets hotter, more people want air conditioning, the planet gets hotter. But thanks to funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, University of Maryland researchers are developing climate-friendly air conditioning. Read more from Inside Climate News: https://flip.it/hF7d46
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