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Were Lunar Volcanoes Active When Dinosaurs Roamed the Earth?
The Moon's a very dusty museum where the exhibits haven't changed much over the last 4 billion years. Or so…
10 years ago
Mars Has Watery Insides, Just Like Earth
Researchers from the Carnegie Institution have found that water is present in surprisingly Earthlike amounts within Mars' mantle, based on…
13 years ago
Earth’s Layers For Kids
My son recently came back from a science day camp with one of the coolest things. It was a model…
15 years ago
Mantle Plume
[/caption] One of the mysteries of Earth science is hotspots. While most volcanoes are found at plate boundaries, where two…
15 years ago
Continental Drift Theory
In elementary school, every teacher had one of those pull-down maps of the world to teach geography. On occasion, I…
16 years ago