Let the lava flow! Iceland's volcano show is a hit
In a dark auditorium in Reykjavik, bubbling orange lava flows down a slide to within inches of awe-struck visitors.
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Rare Apollo mission moon rock back in Cyprus after 50 years
Half a century after U.S. astronauts brought it back from the moon's surface, a minute piece of extraterrestrial rock has finally reached its intended destination, the east Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus.
Space Exploration
Dec 8, 2022
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Mongolian fossil is first known species of streamlined non-avian theropod dinosaur to walk on two legs
A team of researchers from Seoul National University, the University of Alberta and the Mongolian Academy of Sciences has identified the first known example of a streamlined, non-avian theropod dinosaur to walk on two legs. ...
Mapping the chemistry of the Earth's mantle
The Earth's mantle makes up about 85% of the Earth's volume and is made of solid rock. But exactly what rock types is the mantle made of, and how are they distributed throughout the mantle? An international team of researchers—including ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 30, 2022
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Making diamonds is linked to various exotic rocks, study finds
Almost all volcanic rocks come from the Earth's upper mantle (or lava).
Earth Sciences
Nov 29, 2022
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Possible organic compounds found in Mars crater rocks
A study published in Science analyses multiple rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance rover landed in 2020, revealing significant interaction between the rocks and liquid water. Those rocks ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 24, 2022
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NASA's Perseverance Rover investigates intriguing Martian bedrock
NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has begun exploring an area the science team calls "Yori Pass" near the base of Jezero Crater's ancient river delta. They've been eager to explore the region for several months after spotting ...
Planetary Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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Molybdenum isotopes reveal interaction between subducting slabs and mantles
Recently, a research team led by Prof. Dai Liqun from the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Science (CAS), has revealed that the mantle sources of Cenozoic and Mesozoic mafic igneous ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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Tiniest ever ancient seawater pockets revealed
Trapped for millennia, the tiniest liquid remnants of an ancient inland sea have now been revealed. The surprising discovery of seawater sealed in what is now North America for 390 million years opens up a new avenue for ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2022
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Earth's oldest stromatolites and the search for life on Mars
The earliest morphological traces of life on Earth are often highly controversial, both because non-biological processes can produce relatively similar structures and because such fossils have often been subjected to advanced ...
Astrobiology
Nov 7, 2022
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