Geology
Antarctica has a Huge Mantle Plume Beneath it, Which Might Explain Why its Ice Sheet is so Unstable
A new study led by researchers from NASA JPL has provided compelling evidence for the existence of a mantle plume…
Dinosaur Killing Asteroid hit Earth in Exactly the Wrong Spot
A new study by a pair of Japanese researchers indicates that the asteroid that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs…
New Research Says “Levitating” Sands Explain how Mars Got its Landscape
A new study by an international team of scientists has indicated how a different form of water transport called "levitation"…
This Meteorite Came From a Volcano on Mars
After examining several samples of Martian volcanic rock, which came to Earth in the form of meteorites, researchers were able…
Study of Martian Sedimentary Layers Reveals More About the Planet’s Past
A new study by scientists from the University of Texas at Austin has showed how Mars has changed geologically over…
Dinosaur Killing Asteroid Hit in Exactly the Wrong Place
A new BBC documentary called "The Day The Dinosaurs Died" explains how things might have been different for the dinosaurs…
Early Earth Was Almost Entirely Underwater, With Just A Few Islands
Ancient grains of the mineral zircon help researchers paint a picture of Earth in the Hadean Eon, and that picture…
Ceres Prank Lands Bart Simpson In Detention For Eternity
Researchers studying landslide on the surface of Ceres have noticed one with a distinctly Bart Simpson-like appearance.
Earth Just Got A New Continent
Data collected over decades proves that Earth has another continent: Zealandia.
Curiosity’s Martian Chronicles Rife With Intriguing Inconsistencies
Using data obtained from rock samples since 2011, one of Curiosity's science teams has deduced that ancient Mars did not…