What two planetary siblings can teach us about life
Mars and Earth are like two siblings who have grown apart.
Space Exploration
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Overflowing crater lakes carved canyons across Mars
Today, most of the water on Mars is locked away in frozen ice caps. But billions of years ago it flowed freely across the surface, forming rushing rivers that emptied into craters, forming lakes and seas. New research led ...
Space Exploration
Nov 16, 2018
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New study reveals connection between climate, life and the movement of continents
A new study by The University of Texas at Austin has demonstrated a possible link between life on Earth and the movement of continents. The findings show that sediment, which is often comprised from pieces of dead organisms, ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2018
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5.9-magnitude earthquake strikes off Japan's Hokkaido: USGS
A shallow 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido on Monday, the US Geological Survey said.
Environment
Nov 4, 2018
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Micro-earthquakes preceding a 4.2 earthquake near Istanbul—an early warning sign?
A new study led by Peter Malin and Marco Bohnhoff of the GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences reports on the observation of foreshocks that, if analyzed accordingly and in real-time, may possibly increase the early ...
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2018
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Plate tectonics may have been active on Earth since the very beginning
A new study suggests that plate tectonics—a scientific theory that divides the earth into large chunks of crust that move slowly over hot viscous mantle rock—could have been active from the planet's very beginning. The ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2018
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Scientists have been drilling into the ocean floor for 50 years – here's what they've found so far
It's stunning but true that we know more about the surface of the moon than about the Earth's ocean floor. Much of what we do know has come from scientific ocean drilling – the systematic collection of core samples from ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2018
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Age bias exists even in outer space—in samples collected by Apollo astronauts
Because much of the evidence from Earth's early history has been destroyed by plate tectonics and weathering, astronomers often look to the moon and Mars for clues about our beginnings. But what if some of our information ...
Space Exploration
Sep 11, 2018
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Major quake hits Fiji bit no tsunami warning issued
A major 7.8 magnitude quake struck off the Fiji coast early Friday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami threat was issued.
Environment
Sep 6, 2018
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Would an eruption in Melbourne really match Hawaii's volcanoes? Here's the evidence
Spectacular images of recent volcanic eruptions in Hawaii are a little disheartening – especially given news reports suggesting there is a sleeping volcano under Melbourne that could awaken and erupt at any moment.
Earth Sciences
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