What made Earth a giant snowball 700M years ago? Scientists have an answer(sydney.edu.au)

140 points by dragonbonheur 2 years ago | 148 comments

Prototaxites(astrobiology.com)

54 points by andsoitis 10 months ago | 7 comments

Swarming Proxima Centauri: Picospacecraft Swarms over Interstellar Distances(astrobiology.com)

256 points by Brajeshwar 2 years ago | 132 comments

Snowball Earth may hide a far stranger climate cycle than anyone expected(sciencex.com)

88 points by wglb 5 months ago | 28 comments

What Happened to Ancient Megafauna?(nautil.us)

68 points by jnord 2 years ago | 78 comments

Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs–and Not Just Once(gizmodo.com)

4 points by gumby 23 days ago | 0 comments

Gizmodo article on research finding Earth tilted to restore rotational balance multiple times during the dinosaur era, shifting sea levels globally.