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Traces of Earth’s early magma ocean identified in Greenland rocks
New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence -- preserved in the chemistry of ancient rocks from Greenland -- which...
Gravity mission still unearthing hidden secrets
Despite ESA's GOCE mission ending over seven years ago, scientists continue to use this remarkable satellite's gravity data to delve deep and unearth secrets...
Plate Tectonics
A new view on plate tectonics
Forces acting inside the Earth have been constantly reshaping the continents and ocean basins over millions of years. What Alfred Wegener published as an...
Geologists discover powerful ‘river of rocks’ below Caribbean
Geologists have long thought tectonic plates move because they are pulled by the weight of their sinking portions and that an underlying, hot, softer...
Volcanoes
When volcanoes go metal
What would a volcano -- and its lava flows -- look like on a planetary body made primarily of metal? A pilot study from...
Earthquake
Melting glaciers contribute to Alaska earthquakes
In 1958, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake triggered a rockslide into Southeast Alaska's Lituya Bay, creating a tsunami that ran 1,700 feet up a mountainside...
Paleontology
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Mars
Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers...
A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars's surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously...
Solving fossil mystery could aid quest for ancient life on Mars
The search for evidence of life on Mars could be helped by fresh insights into ancient rocks on Earth.
Research which suggests that structures previously...
Moon
Donwilhelmsite : New mineral from the moon could explain what happens...
A team of European researchers discovered a new high-pressure mineral in a lunar meteorite which is helping to explain what happens to materials within...
Has Earth’s oxygen rusted the Moon for billions of years?
To the surprise of many planetary scientists, the oxidized iron mineral hematite has been discovered at high latitudes on the Moon, according to a...