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The moon gave those in the western Americas, Islands of the Pacific, all of Australia, and parts of eastern Asia, quite the show!

On May 26th, observers were able to see the only total lunar eclipse of 2021. The event was called the Super Flower Blood Moon, since it occurred in May, was at its closest approach to our planet, and the shadow of the Earth caused the moon to appear red.

If you didn’t get a chance to see the total lunar eclipse, don’t worry! The next one will occur on May 16, 2022. Those in North and South America, Europe, Africa, and parts of Asia will get the opportunity to see the beauty of the blood moon.

NASA received a green light to start work on a new fleet of Earth observation satellites, called the Earth System Observatory.

These new satellites will provide vital data to help with climate change, disaster mitigation, wildfires, and other natural hazard response and high-tech agriculture.

The satellites will work in tandem to create a 3D, holistic view of Earth from bedrock to atmosphere. The observatory will focus on a variety of topics to help researchers and scientists better understand our planet’s most complex processes.

Earth is the only planet in our solar system known to have plate tectonics. This unique feature of our planet also provides support for life, which emerged around 3.6 billions years ago.

A recent study, focused on uncovering when plate tectonics possibly began. They researched zircons, the oldest minerals ever found on Earth, to look into the planet’s past. Some of which were nearly 4.3 billion years old, close to the age of the planet. The researchers in this study, used a sample of 200 zircons and analyzed them.

They discovered that around 3.6 billion years ago, aluminum concentrations increased. To have this happen, geologic conditions must have been more extreme to have aluminum become part of the zircons. Meaning the crust was most likely thickening. Their study suggests that this was a sign of when Earth transitioned to modern plate tectonics. Much more research is needed to see if there is any connection between what they found and when life began.

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