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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…

12 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…

15 years ago