Earth exploration

Image caption: The first ultraviolet (UV) image of the geocorona – Earth’s outer atmosphere. The image was taken from the Moon in 1972 during the Apollo 16 mission, using a telescope designed and built by Dr. George Carruthers. Credit: G. Carruthers (NRL) et al. / Far UV Camera / NASA / Apollo 16

NASA's Carothers mission will photograph Earth's atmospheric "halo"

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From L1, two ultraviolet cameras will record the geocorona (exosphere) and help predict space weather and understand the process of hydrogen escaping from planets.
Large asteroids collide with Earth. The illustration was prepared using DALEE and is not a scientific image

Two huge asteroids hit the Earth 35 million years ago - and did not change anything

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New research reveals that massive asteroid impacts, which created two of the largest craters on Earth, did not cause long-term climate changes
DSCOVR's Earth Color Imaging Camera (EPIC) will capture images similar to this one from Lagrange Point 1, about a million miles from Earth. Credit: NASA / Katie Marsman.

NASA is looking forward to the solar eclipse to help understand Earth's energy system

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3-4 billion years ago, the pH level of the ocean was between 6.0 and 7.5 - something between cow's milk and human blood. Source: pixabay.com.

In the beginning the sea was acidic

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The drilling rig from which the core was mined. Source: Prof. Motti Stein - The Hebrew University.

The Dead Sea records global climate changes in the last 200 thousand years 

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Imprint "Lamelech" on the handle of a pitcher from Ramat Rachel. Photo: Oded Lifshitz.

Scientists: The weakening of the Earth's magnetic field is not a new phenomenon

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The farthest limit where the Earth's magnetic field has successfully repelled the solar wind. Source: Wikipedia.

Earth's ancient magnetic field and its effect on the atmosphere

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

A new way to discover oil deposits: a gravity map based on satellite data

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The oldest rocks on Earth have been found

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Explore the depths

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