Tag: Earth

The Fabulous Four

This film is only available in the United States because of territorial licensing. The world seen through the four elements: fire, air, water, earth—the natural elements from which every element of which matter is made originates. Fire represents the purifying element and embodies the principle of life. The air, impalpable, is the vital breath we…


Beyond Tomorrow (1940)

The ghosts of three elderly industrialists killed in an airplane crash return to Earth to help reunite a young couple they initially brought together. Credit: Public Domain Movies – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films * Click the “Save” button below the video to access it later on “My…


Ancient Mountains May Have Enabled Life to Flourish on Earth

A new study has found that the erosion of great mountain ranges may have provided critical oxygen and nutrients that spurred the development of the earth’s first organisms. “There’s nothing like these two ranges today,” lead author and geochemist Ziyi Zhu said in a release on Feb. 3. Zhu and colleagues made the discovery by…


Higher but Still Slim Odds of Asteroid Bennu Slamming Earth

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—The good news is that scientists have a better handle on asteroid Bennu’s whereabouts for the next 200 years. The bad news is that the space rock has a slightly greater chance of clobbering Earth than previously thought. But don’t be alarmed: Scientists reported Wednesday that the odds are still quite low that…


SpaceX Returns 4 Astronauts to Earth; Rare Night Splashdown

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—SpaceX safely returned four astronauts from the International Space Station on Sunday, making the first U.S. crew splashdown in darkness since the Apollo 8 moonshot. The Dragon capsule parachuted into the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Panama City, Florida, just before 3 a.m., ending the second astronaut flight for Elon Musk’s…