Space on MSN

Water detection around star supports idea that Earth's water is older than Sun

Gaseous water has been detected in the planet-forming disk surrounding the star V883 Orionis (ALMA) using the Atacama Large ...

A new study of lunar rocks suggests Earth's water might not have come from meteorites

For a long time, scientists assumed that Earth's water was delivered by asteroids and comets billions of years ago. This coincided with the Late Heavy Bombardment (ca. 4.1 to 3.8 billion years ago), a ...

Cartoon Episodes About Marine Life For Kids Who Love The Ocean

These episodes feature cartoons about marine life that teach children valuable lessons about sea life, conservation, and much ...
NPR

Comets, asteroids, and planets: The likely origins of Earth’s water

Choose your fighter for the origin of water on Earth! Was it always here or did it come to this planet from somewhere else in space? And, either way, what does this mean for other water worlds in our ...
Space.com

How did life begin on Earth? New experiments support 'RNA world' hypothesis

A giant impact on the early Earth could have brought the building blocks of RNA to our planet, which new research suggests could have quickly formed in the presence of compounds called borates. When ...
The New York Times

Inside China’s Six-Decade Campaign to Dominate Rare Earths

From Deng Xiaoping to Xi Jinping, generations of Communist Party bosses and military leaders invested in a strategic but heavily polluting industry. A refinery on the outskirts of Wuxi, China, is the ...
Live Science

Enough fresh water is lost from continents each year to meet the needs of 280 million people. Here's how we can combat that.

Earth's continents are losing 4 Olympic swimming pools' worth of fresh water every second, with dire consequences for jobs, food security and water availability. When you purchase through links on our ...