While thinking about the vastness of the universe, the size of the Earth compared to the sun or the distance between them has usually been overwhelming to me. The numbers are literally mind blowing.

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I asked my friend Julie Ménard how Earth formed. She’s a planetary scientist at Washington State University. She told me it started with the Big Bang. That was nearly 14 billion years ago. “The Big ...

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Picture all of Earth’s oceans, which cover about 70% of the planet and are mostly made of hydrogen. Now multiply that by nine. That may be the amount of hydrogen in Earth’s core, possibly making it ...

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When you look up at the night sky, it appears unchanging. But if you look deep enough you will find that the sky is in fact ...

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