Earth’s Energy Budget Is Out of Balance

8/20/2021 SUBSCRIBE TODAY NEWS BLOGS VIDEOS SHOP NEWS & FEATURES NASA, CC BY-NC Earth's energy budget is out of balance When heat in doesn't equal heat out, Earth sees changes. READ MORE SPONSORED BY: TRAVEL QUEST Say Aloha to Hawaii with TravelQuest! Our journey crisscrosses the Big Island of Hawaii, exploring the basalt-lava rock pools of Hilo, pristine beaches, waterfalls, lush rainforests, and Volcanoes National Park.  Ascend to great heights with a visit to Mauna Kea Observatories, where our small group of intrepid sky watchers will discover what secrets the Hawaiian skies reveal! AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez Billionaire space race has bipartisan American support — but not from Gen Z According to a new poll, people across political and demographic lines think the private space race is good for the future but still just an ego trip for the billionaires involved. READ MORE muratart/Shutterstock Our planet's changing orbit helped life survive 'Snowball Earth' Iron-rich rock layers deposited during Earth's most extreme ice ages could explain how oxygen persisted in oceans. READ MORE NASA Did the Moon once have a long-lived magnetic field? New research resolves the mystery. Without a magnetic field, the Moon's surface is exposed to solar wind. These could have been depositing resources like water and potential rocket fuel on the Moon's surface for billions of years. READ MORE NASA/JPL-Caltech/L. Allen (Harvard-Smithsonian CfA) Ask Astro: Why do the planets orbit the Sun counterclockwise? The Sun orbits the center of our galaxy in a clockwise direction, but the planets in the solar system orbit the Sun in a counterclockwise direction. Why is this? READ MORE OBSERVING NASA/ESA/STScI/A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center)/M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)/the OPAL team The sky this week Your daily digest of celestial events coming soon to a sky near you. READ MORE PICTURE OF THE DAY Chirag Upreti from The Bronx, New York Beacon of freedom This image shows the moon trail of the 28 percent illuminated crescent Moon as it set behind the Statue of Liberty on Sept 21, 2020. Atmospheric refraction leads to a gradual color change and increased waviness of its bottom edge as the Moon descends towards the horizon. VIEW NOW FEATURED PRODUCTS SHOP ALL ASTRONOMY NEED ASSISTANCE? CONTACT US SUBSCRIPTION CUSTOMER SERVICE VISIT OUR WEBSITE LIKE US ON FACEBOOK RENEW YOUR SUBSCRIPTION GIVE A GIFT Unsubscribe Preferences Customer Service Privacy Policy View in Browser This message was sent to ceo.studentlike.spuniv@blogger.com © 2021 Kalmbach Media Co. 21027 Crossroads Circle Waukesha, WI 53186