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Seismic waves reveal hidden 100-million-year-old magma pathways beneath world's largest oceanic plateauScientists found ancient magma pathways beneath the Ontong Java Plateau. These preserved underground structures show massive volcanic activ...- Ethiopia is slowly tearing toward a new ocean, and geologists have uncovered how the rift is pulling the continent apart from belowNew research reveals a powerful geological process is actively tearing Africa apart from beneath. A rhythmic plume of molten rock beneath E...
- Scientists Thought This Ancient Ocean Floor Was Destroyed Forever: Until Hidden Rocks Revealed a Lost Piece of Earth’s Earliest CrustScientists have unearthed evidence of Earth's ancient oceanic crust, older than four billion years, hidden within modern continental rocks ...
- Scientists thought this ancient supercontinent broke apart slowly: new research suggests Earth tore itself open far faster than expectedRecent studies reveal that the breakup of the supercontinent Gondwana around 180 million years ago was more violent and rapid than previous...
- 7,300 years later: One of Earth’s most explosive volcanoes is quietly reloading - here's where it is and why it mattersScientists say the Kikai volcano near Japan is slowly filling with magma again after thousands of years. The underwater caldera shows steam...
- The Giant Beneath Yellowstone: What New Seismic Maps Just UncoveredYellowstone's powerful volcanic system lies beneath a peaceful landscape. Recent seismic mapping shows its magma reservoir is like a sponge...
- America’s Deepest Secret: A Colossal Rift That Nearly Ripped the Continent ApartA giant crack, the Midcontinent Rift System, formed over a billion years ago. This rift nearly split North America apart. Magma pushed thro...
- What happened 200 million years ago which led to unexplained marine extinctions? Answer lies near a lake in TibetAncient marine extinctions, previously a mystery, are now linked to massive underwater volcanic eruptions in the Tethys Ocean. Rocks from T...
- Secret behind life on Earth may be hiding right below us: Scientists reveal surprising clues from 1,800 miles beneath the surfaceResearchers have uncovered new clues about Earth’s origins by studying two massive deep-mantle structures beneath Africa and the Pacific, a...
- Scientists discover Mars’ hidden scars; ancient fragments reveal violent birth of the Red PlanetNew research, utilizing data from NASA's InSight lander, reveals Mars' mantle is far more chaotic than previously thought. Seismic waves de...
- Scientists discover 400-mile-long chain of fossilized volcanoes buried beneath ChinaScientists found a huge chain of old volcanoes under South China. This 400-mile-long arc formed 800 million years ago. It happened when two...
- What is pulling the Indian Ocean down? Scientists solve 75-year-old mystery of the massive 'gravity hole'Scientists have possibly solved the mystery of the Indian Ocean Geoid Low, a large gravity anomaly discovered in 1948. They believe it is c...
- Indian Ocean’s giant 'gravity hole': All you may want to knowResearchers discovered a massive 'gravity hole' in the Indian Ocean caused by variations in density and mass distribution. Simulations reve...
- Campi Flegrei: Is the volcano that erupted nearly 500 years ago, active again?Scientists said that a volcanic field in Italy named "Campi Flegrei" that erupted 500 years ago may be on the verge of blowing up again. He...
- New surprises from Mars: Volcanic rock, more signs of water in the pastThe area containing the Jezero crater is just north of the Martian equator, and it appears the area once was abundant with water and home t...
- Clay on Red Planet due to Martian crust, not water: StudyWashington, Dec 7 (IANS) Clay minerals on Mars could have formed during the creation of the Martian crust itself, long before any water flo...
- NASA rover finds diverse minerals in Martian rocksWashington, June 12 (IANS) Examining initial samples of rocks collected by NASA's Mars Curiosity rover, scientists have found a wide divers...
- Mystery behind Mercury's 'darkness' solvedA new study has found Mercury appears to be dark due to the abundance of carbon that originated deep below the surface of our solar system'...
- Curiosity spots loads of silica on Mars, bolsters water presenceAdding to the puzzle, some silica at one rock Curiosity drilled, called "Buckskin," is in a mineral named tridymite, rare on Earth and neve...
- Earth's core 'getting colder'Scientists have discovered new evidence that the Earth's interior has cooled considerably over the last three billion years, a finding they...
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