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Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space

The Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space (CESAS) provides an independent, authoritative forum for identifying and discussing Earth system science research requiring data from space ...
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Scientists may have found the planet that made the Moon

About 4.5 billion years ago, a colossal impact between the young Earth and a mysterious planetary body called Theia changed everything—reshaping Earth, forming the Moon, and scattering clues across ...
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Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blue planet

Scientists have shown that Earth’s basic chemistry solidified within just three million years of the Solar System’s formation. Initially, the planet was barren and inhospitable, missing water and ...

China's space station carries out 31 new science and application projects in 2025: media report

China's Shenzhou-21 and the Tiangong space station in the orbit Photo: IC. China carried out 31 new space science and application projects to its space station in 2025, covering f ...
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An extra solar system planet once orbited next to Earth — and it may be the reason we have a moon

Earth may have a moon today because a nearby neighbor once crashed into us, a new analysis of Apollo samples and terrestrial rocks reveals. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...
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Why Do NASA's Voyager Spacecraft Sometimes Get Closer To Earth, As They Head Out Of The Solar System?

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...
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Do other planets have seasons?

Every year, Earth follows a familiar pattern of seasonal changes: As summer rolls around in the Northern Hemisphere, winter creeps in in the Southern Hemisphere, and vice versa. But do other planets ...