Geologists studying rock samples from Baffin Island find lost fragment of continent. Credit: istock

Geologists find lost fragment of ancient continent in Canada’s North

Roughly 66 million years ago an asteroid slammed into the Yucatan peninsula. New research shows darkness, not cold, likely drove a mass extinction after the impact. Credit: NASA

Darkness, not cold, likely responsible for dinosaur-killing extinction

Blue Quartz

Blue Quartz : What is Blue Quartz? How does Blue Quartz...

Arial view of the Bungle Bungle range, May 2016. Credit: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. Nichollas Harrison

How the Bungle Bungles got their stripes

Fossil rudist bivalves (Vaccinites) from the Al-Hajar Mountains, United Arab Emirates. Credit: Wikipedia, Wilson44691 – Own work, Public Domain

Ancient shell shows days were half-hour shorter 70 million years ago

Earth

Earth’s Mantle, Not Its Core, May Have Generated Planet’s Early Magnetic...

The rocks the team analysed are the oldest preserved mantle rocks. They allow us to see into the early history of the Earth as if through a window. Credit: UNSW

Building blocks for life on Earth arrived much later than we...

The grey line in the rock, running from the foreground away under the boulder towards the mountains, is one of the shear zones from the study area. Credit: Lucy Campbell

‘Fossil earthquakes’ offer new insight into seismic activity deep below Earth’s...

Galleria delle Stalattiti, Corchia Cave. Credit: Linda Tegg

What causes an ice age to end?

Credit: MARCAN

Under-sea freshwater reserves found near Canterbury

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