A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger, according to a decade of measurements.
The European Space Agency’s Swarm trio of satellites has found that a weak region in Earth’s magnetic field, known as the South…

A weak spot in Earth’s protective magnetic field is growing larger, according to a decade of measurements.
The European Space Agency’s Swarm trio of satellites has found that a weak region in Earth’s magnetic field, known as the South…
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At 2,877 metres above sea level, the Pic du Midi de Bigorre in the French Pyrenees has long been a symbol of scientific discovery. Now, its Observatory, part of the Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées (Université Toulouse III – Paul Sabatier),…
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Mars may have had its own version of an Ice Age that reshaped parts of the Red Planet and carved deep “scratches” in its surface that remain visible today.
New high-resolution images from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express orbiter…

Giant North American “hell pigs” may have munched on bones around 30 million years ago, while their smaller counterparts ripped through softer material, like flesh, new research finds.
The “hell pigs,” scientifically known as Archaeotherium…
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A trio of exoplanets may challenge what we know about planetary formation.
A new discovery adds to the growing menagerie of exoplanets. These days, word of a new exoplanet discovery raises nary an eyebrow. To date, the current number of…