Researchers shed new light on properties of magma found deep within the Earth where no man can reach

Thanks to latest advances in computer modeling, an international team of researchers led by the University of Bristol has shed new light on the properties and behavior of magma found several hundreds of kilometers deep within the Earth. The study…

What if the Earth stopped orbiting the Sun?

It’s a natural cycle: the Earth orbits the sun. But what if something catastrophic happened and we were knocked out of orbit? The sun’s gravity would quickly take hold of Earth and we’d go flying straight toward the sun. Turns…