Taking earth's inner temperature: Surprising new study finds that the mantle is hotter than we thought
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet.
The temperature of Earth's interior affects everything from the movement of tectonic plates to the formation of the planet.
Earth Sciences
Mar 2, 2017
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Scientists have discovered a new layer of partly molten rock under the Earth's crust that might help settle a long-standing debate about how tectonic plates move.
Earth Sciences
Feb 6, 2023
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There may be more habitable planets in the universe than we previously thought, according to Penn State geoscientists, who suggest that plate tectonics—long assumed to be a requirement for suitable conditions for life—are ...
Astronomy
Jul 30, 2018
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For the first time, researchers have recorded live and in atomic detail what happens to the material in an asteroid impact. The team of Falko Langenhorst from the University of Jena and Hanns-Peter Liermann from DESY simulated ...
Planetary Sciences
Feb 7, 2023
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As you are reading this, more than 400 miles below you is a massive world of extreme temperatures and pressures that has been churning and evolving for longer than humans have been on the planet. Now, a detailed new model ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 12, 2023
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A new understanding of our planet's deepest earthquakes could help unravel one of the most mysterious geophysical processes on Earth.
Earth Sciences
May 27, 2020
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A unique study of ancient diamonds has shown that the basic chemical composition of the Earth's atmosphere which makes it suitable for life's explosion of diversity was laid down at least 2.7 billion years ago. Volatile gases ...
Earth Sciences
Jul 6, 2021
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The mystery of what kick-started the motion of our earth's massive tectonic plates across its surface has been explained by researchers at the University of Sydney.
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2014
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On Earth, shifting tectonic plates reshuffle the planet's surface and make for a dynamic interior, so the absence of such processes on Mars led many to think of it as a dead planet, where not much happened in the past 3 billion ...
Astronomy
Dec 5, 2022
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Pluto's largest moon may have gotten too big for its own skin.
Space Exploration
Feb 19, 2016
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