Scientists Turned the Earth’s Rotation Into 17 Microvolts of Electricity. That Could Be Revolutionary.
A new study reports that researchers have successfully used a meticulously designed cylinder to harness electricity as it ...
Will life on Earth come to an end anytime soon? The planet's inner core is slowing down and can affect its magnetic field
By analyzing seismic waves from earthquakes from the 1960s, researchers from Peking University deduced that the Earth's inner core has experienced a b ...
How-To Geek on MSN6d
10 Hot Facts About Venus
Venus is a Victim of a Rampant Greenhouse Effect Venus's atmosphere is made mostly of carbon dioxide, one of the greenhouse ...
It’s clear now: iron inside the sun is more opaque than expected
Discover how iron's opacity in the sun challenges scientific models, and how researchers are working to resolve the ...
Scientific American9h
Can Earth’s Rotation Generate Electricity? Physicists Divided over Controversial Idea
Experiments suggest an unusual magnetic material could help harness energy from Earth’s rotation. But not everyone is ...
ZME Science on MSN6h
Physicists Think They’ve Found a Way to Harvest Energy from Earth’s Rotation — And It Might Be Just Crazy Enough to Work
In theory, as Earth spins through its magnetic field, any conductive material placed on its surface should experience a force that nudges electrons, creating a current. Yet this doesn’t happen ...
Gulf of understanding: The way we see the Earth has never been set in stone
Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.
Sunita Williams Return Live Updates: Sunita Williams, Butch Wilmore begin 45-day rehab after unexpectedly long ISS stay
The hatch of the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying the astronauts was sealed at 11:05 p.m. ET on Monday. In the nex ...
CNN4d
Four planets found orbiting a star 6 light-years from Earth
The planets closely orbit Barnard’s Star, zipping around their stellar host in a matter of days, compared with the year it takes Earth to complete one orbit around the sun. The outermost planet ...