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Galactic catastrophe could have a significant impact on the life on the planet. Astrophysics from the USA, France and Russia described the consequences for life on Earth the explosion of a supernova. Dedicated to this study published on the website arXiv.org. Motivated by the work of scientists recently confirmed by …

The distance at which the Red planet will be from the Earth, will be 76 million kilometers. According to the group of astronomers, this week and in June this year, the maximum Mars will come closer to our planet over the past ten years. The distance at which the Red …

An international team of geologists found 1st fragment of primitive ancient mantle in the vicinity of the sea of Baffin Bay, on the North Anlantic. A group of canadian and American scientists discovered was unique in its nature a substance which is attributed to the earliest stage of existence of …

As water enters the soil, constantly illuminated by the Sun, remains a mystery. Not all the mysteries of the cosmos hidden in kiloparsecs from Earth. There are puzzles that are associated with the much closer to us objects, for example, with the Moon. For seven years, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter …

This period in earth’s atmosphere dramatically increased the oxygen content. A joint study by geologists from international universities has helped to clarify the date of the Great oxygen event, which marked a sharp increase in the mass fraction of oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere. As the authors of the study, …

This is a solar super flare. Astrophysicist Dimitra Atri from the Institute of space Sciences “blue marble” estimated possible loss of Mars’s atmosphere as a result of global cosmic cataclysms. Scientists presented estimates allow to name the most dangerous thing for the gas shell of the Earth galactic event. Preprint …

Scientists have discovered new facts about our planet. The scientists told, when exactly took place the “oxygen catastrophe” on Earth. According to the statement of experts, saturation of the planet’s atmosphere with oxygen occurred 10 million years earlier than previously thought. Geophysics from USA, South Africa and China stated that …

Scientists are of the judgment that silhouette trajectories of several giant planets can change the orbit of the allowable habitable rocky planets. Astronomers from Lund University (Sweden) has called the conditions for the existence of extrasolar planets-giants, the fulfillment of which will ensure the survival of earth-like celestial bodies. The …

The photographer has showed the beauty of the Namib desert. For his series of photographs “the Place where there is nothing” Belgian photographer Maroesjka Lavigne made a trip to the Namib desert, hoping to find there, perhaps the only place on the planet, filled with absolute peace and quiet. She …

To such conclusions the international group of geophysicists came to the study of ancient rocks from South Africa. A group of scientists from China, USA and South Africa have changed the timing on Earth oxygen catastrophe per 10 million years. Detailed results of the study published in the journal Science …