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Artifacts from the Iron Age have revealed an intense historical magnetic anomaly in the Middle East. Could using a similar ...
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Digging a Hole Through the Center of the Earth
Neil deGrasse Tyson explores what happens if you dig straight through Earth from the U.S.—you’d end up in the Indian Ocean! A fun dive into geography, gravity, and Earth's surprising structure.
Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.
Stretching across 7.6 sextillion miles of space, astronomers crown it the new 'largest structure in the universe' ...
Astronomers are excited about the first test images released today from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which show the ...
Water shapes the planet and all life upon it. Breaking down traditional disciplinary barriers, this accessible, holistic introduction to the role and importance of water in Earth's physical and ...
Our planet, Earth, is structurally composed of a series of concentric internal spherical layers that are divided into: crust, upper mantle, mantle, outer core and inner core. Every ...
What if everything you learned in school about Earth’s continents was wrong? New research has shaken the foundation of geography, suggesting that the planet might have just six continents, not seven.
Antarctica is home to a peak shaped like a perfect pyramid — but contrary to what conspiracy theorists say, the mountain's four symmetrical faces were forged through natural processes.
Forget what you learnt in elementary school geography, Earth apparently doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we’re taught that the world is made up of Africa, Antarctica ...
The mysterious structure of Earth and its mantle has kept scientists hooked, and they keep studying it to make new discoveries every day. The geography of Earth already felt different from what was ...