The iron atoms that make up the Earth's solid inner core are tightly jammed together by astronomically high pressures—the highest on the planet.
Earth Sciences
Oct 3, 2023
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A small international team of geologists and seismologists has created a newly refined map of Zealandia using data obtained from dredged rock samples recovered from the ocean floor. They report details in the journal Tectonics.
Getting to know planets or moons inside out isn't easy. Like Earth and its moon, many celestial bodies are multilayered and can contain anomalous internal features that reflect the complex history of their formation, collisions ...
Planetary Sciences
Aug 11, 2023
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There are so many asteroids. Just in our own backyard, we've found over 30,000 Near Earth asteroids. Exploring them using traditional methods and launching a custom-made mission, like Hayabusa or OSIRIS-REx, would almost ...
Space Exploration
Jul 27, 2023
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A research team led by Professor Wu Zhongqing from the School of Earth and Space Sciences at the University of Science and Technology of China of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has made a significant breakthrough in constraining ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2023
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The research findings of Dr. Tao Chunhui, a senior researcher from the Second Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, were published in Science China Earth Sciences. Over a decade, Dr. Tao's research team ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 7, 2023
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An international team led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has, for the first time, accurately determined the age and formation process of the East Anatolian fault, which runs from eastern to south-central Turkey ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 28, 2023
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One of Alaska's most active volcanoes has been erupting since May 2021, but the location of intense seismic activity has moved around during that time. Scientists have wondered why, and now, new belowground imaging reveals ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 12, 2023
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On the morning of July 4, 2019, a magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck the Searles Valley in California's Mojave Desert, with impacts felt across Southern California. About 34 hours later on July 5, the nearby city of Ridgecrest ...
Earth Sciences
May 24, 2023
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New Zealand research could help track the path of searingly hot rock and gas flows that are the world's most deadly volcanic hazard.
Earth Sciences
May 16, 2023
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