Pope Francis warned Thursday that planet earth would not forgive the abuse of its resources for profit, urging the world’s leaders to rein in their greed and help the hungry — or risk a doomsday scenario in which nature would exact revenge. “God always forgives, but the earth does not,” the Argentine pope told the […]
British Space scientist has a foreboding forecast
A stream of highly charged particles from the sun is headed straight toward Earth, threatening to plunge cities around the world into darkness and bring the global economy screeching to a halt.
42nd Earth Day: What Are We Celebrating?
By Ghassan Karam
Many in the world are already celebrating the 42nd anniversary of Earth Day and that is understandable
New Earth-like planet outside solar system found
For the first time, astronomers have detected a rocky planet in another solar system that has the most basic and essential conditions needed to support extraterrestrial life. The presence of Earth-like exoplanets in what is called the “habitable zone” has been predicted for some time,
Search for ‘second earth’ closer
An exoplanet has been observed 1,500 light years from Earth that is similar in temperature with those in our own solar system. The planet, named CoRoT-9b is unique so far to our current understanding of exoplanets goes, and according to Dr Hans Deeg one of the astronomers in Tenerife who verified the discovery, it will […]