A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook La Palma in Spain's Canary Islands in what was the strongest recorded temblor since volcanic eruptions began 26 days ago, authorities said Thursday.
Environment
Oct 14, 2021
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Since the Perseverance rover landed in Jezero crater on Mars in February, the rover and its team of scientists back on Earth have been hard at work exploring the floor of the crater that once held an ancient lake. Perseverance ...
Planetary Sciences
Oct 8, 2021
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A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists—including an expert from Washington ...
Space Exploration
Oct 7, 2021
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On 16 December 2020 the Chang'e-5 mission, China's first sample return mission to the Moon, successfully delivered to Earth nearly two kilograms of rocky fragments and dust from our celestial companion. Chang'e-5 landed ...
Space Exploration
Sep 24, 2021
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The rocks it has analyzed for sample collection are helping the team better understand a past marked by volcanic activity and water.
Planetary Sciences
Sep 13, 2021
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A new analysis of 2.5-billion-year-old rocks from Australia finds that volcanic eruptions may have stimulated population surges of marine microorganisms, creating the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere. This would ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2021
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Scientists at the University of Southampton have discovered that extensive chains of volcanoes have been responsible for both emitting and then removing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) over geological time. This stabilized ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 23, 2021
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Concrete has given us the Pantheon in Rome, the Sydney Opera House, the Hoover Dam and countless blocky monoliths. The artificial rock blankets our cities and roadways, underlies wind farms and solar panel arrays—and will ...
Materials Science
Jun 9, 2021
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Guatemala's Pacaya volcano has been erupting since February, keeping local communities and authorities on high alert.
Environment
May 12, 2021
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The almost 15-million-year-old Nördlinger Ries is an asteroid impact crater filled with lake sediments. Its structure is comparable to the craters currently being explored on Mars. In addition to various other deposits on ...
Planetary Sciences
Apr 8, 2021
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