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In 2013, scientists studying volcanic rocks near Mauritius uncovered ancient zircon clues that revealed a buried microcontinent beneath the Indian OceanScientists have found a piece of ancient Earth's crust hidden in the Indian Ocean. This submerged landmass, called Mauritia, is not a lost ...
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 ...
Bermuda’s Hidden 12.4-Mile-Thick Rock Layer: What Secrets Does It Hold?Scientists found a massive rock layer under Bermuda, 12.4 miles thick. This formation is unlike any other oceanic island. It formed 31 mill...
Earth’s Forgotten Collisions: Where Ancient Impact Craters Have Been HidingBeneath Earth's seemingly calm surface lie hidden scars from colossal asteroid impacts. These ancient craters, buried by ice, sediment, and...
Deep Beneath Türkiye, Geologists Mapped a Sinking Slab Reshaping the CrustScientists discovered a dense rock mass sinking into Earth's mantle below central Turkiye. This process, called lithospheric dripping, expl...
Europa Clipper’s First Data: What We’re Learning About Jupiter’s Ocean MoonNASA's Europa Clipper is beginning its comprehensive study of Jupiter's ocean moon, with initial data confirming the presence of a global s...
What Are the “Ghost Plumes” Scientists Say Are Moving Deep Beneath Our Feet?New research reveals that columns of hot rock, dubbed ghost plumes, rise from deep within Earth's mantle but often disappear before reachin...
A Massive “Gravity Hole” in the Indian Ocean Is Finally ExplainedScientists have finally explained the Indian Ocean Geoid Low, a massive gravity anomaly south of India. New research reveals this 'gravity ...
Deep Inside Earth, Two Giant Hidden Structures May Be Steering the Planet’s Magnetic FieldTwo massive structures deep within Earth, known as LLSVPs, are significantly influencing the planet's magnetic field. These hotter regions ...
Scientists Finally Explain the Mysterious ‘Gravity Hole’ in the Indian OceanA decades-old mystery of a gravity hole in the Indian Ocean is solved. Scientists found ancient ocean remnants sank deep into Earth's mantl...
An unexpected anomaly was found in the Pacific Ocean; could be a global time markerScientists discovered a beryllium-10 anomaly in Pacific seabed rocks from 10 million years ago, possibly linked to ocean currents, a supern...
Scientists uncover Zealandia: The lost continent beneath the wavesScientists have recently unveiled Zealandia, a long-lost continent submerged beneath the ocean's surface for 375 years. Zealandia was origi...
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...
Scientists try to decipher signatures of past earthquakesSince predicting earthquakes is nearly impossible, scientists try to study the past records to try decipher some clues for future forecasti...