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25 major events in Earth's 4.5 billion year history

Explore 25 Major Events in Earth's 4.5 Billion Year History. Discover pivotal moments from its formation to the rise of life.
Space.com

Watch an asteroid the size of a blue whale hurtle towards Earth live online TODAY

The livestream will begin at 3:45 p.m. EDT on May 18, bringing near real time views of the asteroid from robotic telescopes ...

Possible city-killer asteroid hurtles by Earth — and it’s among closest one has ever been ‘without hitting’: scientist

Don’t look up! But if you do, you might be able to see a bus-sized asteroid passing Earth. The newly discovered space rock is ...

SMILE spacecraft launches to capture first X-ray views of Earth's magnetic shield

A joint European-Chinese spacecraft blasted off into orbit Tuesday to investigate what happens when extreme winds and giant explosions of plasma shot out from the sun slam into Earth's magnetic shield ...

We’ve Never Actually Seen Earth’s Protective Bubble. This New Mission Aims to Change That

The SMILE mission will spend three years studying how our planet's magnetosphere interacts with solar weather.
The Daily Galaxy on MSN

Scientists built an Earth map tool that reveals where your home was 320 million years ago

A group of Earth scientists led by Utrecht University has created an online tool that shows where any place on Earth was ...

How the rise of continents may have set the stage for life on Earth

Earth's earliest continents may have set the chemical stage for life by regulating boron levels in ancient oceans, a new ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Three coronal mass ejections are about to slam Earth — 11 states could see the northern lights tonight as G2 storm conditions build

Three coronal mass ejections fired from the sun over the past 48 hours are now racing toward Earth, and the National Oceanic ...