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Himalayas Mountain Range Formation Could Have Destroyed 30 Percent of Continental Crust, Says Study
A study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters has found that up to 30% of Earth's continental crust may have been lost to the mantle during the formation of the Himalayas. Researchers from Monash University used a model to calculate crustal loss, revealing similar patterns in the European Alps and Zagros Mountains. The research highlight...
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Animal Life Discovered Underground Near Hydrothermal Vents in the Deep Pacific Seabed
Recent deep-sea explorations have unveiled a remarkable ecosystem thriving beneath the Pacific Ocean's floor. Scientists deployed a remotely operated vehicle to investigate hydrothermal vent sites along the East Pacific Rise, where two tectonic plates diverge. Beneath the seafloor, they discovered cavities harboring giant tubeworms—the largest wo...
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface
Recent research indicates that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust. Advanced computer simulations suggest that its surface features and gravity measurements point to a past rich in ice. With its proximity to Earth, Ceres presents a promising target for further exploration, making it t...
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Pontus Plate: Long-Lost Part Of Earth Believed To Be 120-Million-Year-Old Discovered In Borneo
Researchers have reconstructed the ancient Pontus plate, estimating it covered an area roughly one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean.
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Earth's Crust is ‘Dripping’ Beneath Turkey’s Konya Basin, Revealing Unique Geological Phenomenon
Researchers have uncovered a remarkable geological phenomenon beneath Türkiye’s Central Anatolian Plateau, where dense materials from Earth’s crust are detaching and sinking into the mantle below. This process, known as multi-stage lithospheric dripping, has been shaping the Konya Basin’s surface and provides crucial insights into Earth’s ...
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Satellite Data Reveals How Earth's Crust Is 'Dripping' Beneath Turkey
The sinking is due to the multi-stage lithospheric dripping — a phenomenon named for the instability of rocky material that creates the crust and upper mantle of the Earth
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Ground-Breaking Discovery: Remnants Of Earths Primordial Crust Found
Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history, we need to study rocks and the minerals they are made of.
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China's Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Ship Mengxiang Sets Sail To Reach Earth's Mantle
China has unveiled its first ocean drilling vessel, the Mengxiang, which is designed to delve into the Earth's crust and explore the mysteries of the mantle. If successful, this will mark humanity's first exploration into the upper mantle.
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Major 'White Hydrogen' Deposit Found In France. Here's How It Could Revolutionise The World
White hydrogen is naturally produced in the Earth's crust and is considered a potential clean energy.
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Why China Is Drilling A 32,808-Feet-Deep Hole Into The Earth's Crust
Chinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the Earth's crust, as the world's second largest economy explores new frontiers above and below the planet's surface.
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NASA Formally Retires Mars InSight Lander 4 Years After Its Arrival on Red Planet
NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the US space agency announced on Wednesday. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles determined the mission ...
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NASA's InSight Lander Reveals Details On Outermost Layer Of Mars
NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly 4 years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from 2 big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure.
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Ancient Oxygen Source Detected in Earth’s Crust; May Have Influenced Evolution of Life, Researchers Say
Researchers have discovered a mechanism through which hydrogen peroxide can be generated from rocks under the Earth's surface during the movement of geological faults. The oxygen source could have influenced the early evolution of life on Earth when photosynthesis wasn't there, according to the researchers.
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Researchers Reveal How Mars Has Discreet Auroras Without Presence of Global Magnetic Field
A team of scientists at the University of Iowa, US, have discovered how discrete auroras form on Mars in the absence of a global magnetic field. It has been reported that discrete auroras on the Red Planet are governed by the localised interaction between the solar wind and magnetic fields generated by the crust on Mars – unlike Earth, where auro...
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Hope Diamond, Mined In India, Was Born At Hellish Depths Of Earth: Study
Before the massive Hope Diamond came to rest in a Smithsonian exhibit, before the gem passed among wealthy owners and thieves and French royals, before it acquired its cursed reputation, before it was mined in India, the diamond was born at hellish depths beneath Earth's crust.
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Himalayas Mountain Range Formation Could Have Destroyed 30 Percent of Continental Crust, Says Study
A study published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters has found that up to 30% of Earth's continental crust may have been lost to the mantle during the formation of the Himalayas. Researchers from Monash University used a model to calculate crustal loss, revealing similar patterns in the European Alps and Zagros Mountains. The research highlight...
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Animal Life Discovered Underground Near Hydrothermal Vents in the Deep Pacific Seabed
Recent deep-sea explorations have unveiled a remarkable ecosystem thriving beneath the Pacific Ocean's floor. Scientists deployed a remotely operated vehicle to investigate hydrothermal vent sites along the East Pacific Rise, where two tectonic plates diverge. Beneath the seafloor, they discovered cavities harboring giant tubeworms—the largest wo...
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Dwarf Planet Ceres Once Hosted a Muddy Ocean Below Its Icy Surface
Recent research indicates that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, likely harboured a muddy ocean beneath its icy crust. Advanced computer simulations suggest that its surface features and gravity measurements point to a past rich in ice. With its proximity to Earth, Ceres presents a promising target for further exploration, making it t...
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Pontus Plate: Long-Lost Part Of Earth Believed To Be 120-Million-Year-Old Discovered In Borneo
Researchers have reconstructed the ancient Pontus plate, estimating it covered an area roughly one-quarter the size of the Pacific Ocean.
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Earth's Crust is ‘Dripping’ Beneath Turkey’s Konya Basin, Revealing Unique Geological Phenomenon
Researchers have uncovered a remarkable geological phenomenon beneath Türkiye’s Central Anatolian Plateau, where dense materials from Earth’s crust are detaching and sinking into the mantle below. This process, known as multi-stage lithospheric dripping, has been shaping the Konya Basin’s surface and provides crucial insights into Earth’s ...
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Satellite Data Reveals How Earth's Crust Is 'Dripping' Beneath Turkey
The sinking is due to the multi-stage lithospheric dripping — a phenomenon named for the instability of rocky material that creates the crust and upper mantle of the Earth
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Ground-Breaking Discovery: Remnants Of Earths Primordial Crust Found
Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history, we need to study rocks and the minerals they are made of.
-
China's Ultra-Deepwater Drilling Ship Mengxiang Sets Sail To Reach Earth's Mantle
China has unveiled its first ocean drilling vessel, the Mengxiang, which is designed to delve into the Earth's crust and explore the mysteries of the mantle. If successful, this will mark humanity's first exploration into the upper mantle.
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Major 'White Hydrogen' Deposit Found In France. Here's How It Could Revolutionise The World
White hydrogen is naturally produced in the Earth's crust and is considered a potential clean energy.
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Why China Is Drilling A 32,808-Feet-Deep Hole Into The Earth's Crust
Chinese scientists have begun drilling a 10,000-meter (32,808 feet) hole into the Earth's crust, as the world's second largest economy explores new frontiers above and below the planet's surface.
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NASA Formally Retires Mars InSight Lander 4 Years After Its Arrival on Red Planet
NASA has formally retired its Mars InSight lander, the first robotic probe specially designed to study the deep interior of a distant world, four years after it arrived on the surface of the red planet, the US space agency announced on Wednesday. Mission controllers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Los Angeles determined the mission ...
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NASA's InSight Lander Reveals Details On Outermost Layer Of Mars
NASA's robotic InSight lander, in the twilight of its service after nearly 4 years on Mars, is revealing new details about Earth's closest planetary neighbor based on data from 2 big meteorite impacts that shed light on the Martian crust's structure.
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Ancient Oxygen Source Detected in Earth’s Crust; May Have Influenced Evolution of Life, Researchers Say
Researchers have discovered a mechanism through which hydrogen peroxide can be generated from rocks under the Earth's surface during the movement of geological faults. The oxygen source could have influenced the early evolution of life on Earth when photosynthesis wasn't there, according to the researchers.
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Researchers Reveal How Mars Has Discreet Auroras Without Presence of Global Magnetic Field
A team of scientists at the University of Iowa, US, have discovered how discrete auroras form on Mars in the absence of a global magnetic field. It has been reported that discrete auroras on the Red Planet are governed by the localised interaction between the solar wind and magnetic fields generated by the crust on Mars – unlike Earth, where auro...
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Hope Diamond, Mined In India, Was Born At Hellish Depths Of Earth: Study
Before the massive Hope Diamond came to rest in a Smithsonian exhibit, before the gem passed among wealthy owners and thieves and French royals, before it acquired its cursed reputation, before it was mined in India, the diamond was born at hellish depths beneath Earth's crust.
