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A recent study from scientists at France's CEA research agency reveals that the Earth's core is as hot as the Sun's surface. According to the study, the temperature of the Earth's core is measured at 6,000 Celsius, a range on par with the temperature with the Sun's surface.
After 141 days aboard the International Space Station, three astronauts are scheduled to return to Earth Thursday night and their landing will be streamed live.
The latest estimates indicate the meteorite that crashed into Russia last Friday weighed roughly 10,000 tons and was 55-feet in diameter, making it the largest meteorite to strike Earth in over a century, scientists say.
As the accoutrements for research grow in scope and scale, scientists are realizing that an Earth-like planet may not be so rare as once thought. A new study out of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) states that the closest one may be a mere 13 light-years away.
NASA scientists announced on Thursday that new observations of the asteroid dismiss ideas that the giant space rock will impact Earth during its 2036 flyby.
It may not be too long before we discover a planet that shares key characteristics with Earth.
Well, Earth has one less thing to worry about in 28 years.
In what has been hailed as a huge achievement for China's space program, the Chinese announced this week that their deep space probe, Chang'e-2, had completed its flyby of the asteroid Toutatis, the probe taking several images of the asteroid and transmitting them back to Earth.
A new study found that Earth and Mars may have been formed from the same building blocks before diverging in their evolutionary tracks.
Scientists have discovered a relatively close planet that could harbor the conditions needed for liquid water, and possibly life.
An asteroid has been inching towards the closest flight path it will have to Earth for at least 200 years.
The planet Jupiter's position in our solar system has played a crucial role in creating our asteroid belt, which might be a key ingredient for complex life.
In the doomsday scenario that a giant asteroid is heading straight for Earth, paintballs might be our best shot at saving ourselves.
