NASA Scientists Determine Europa Likely Spun on a Tilted Axis
By using data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft to analyze the distinctive cracks lining the surface of Europa, NASA scientists determined that Europa likely rotated around…
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By using data from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft to analyze the distinctive cracks lining the surface of Europa, NASA scientists determined that Europa likely rotated around…
A team of researchers has found evidence of water locked in mineral grains on the surface of the moon from an unknown source deep beneath…
A team of researchers has revealed that a common group of meteorites from Mars is almost 4 billion years younger than previously thought, providing scientists…
Scientists at MIT have discovered a “hidden flux” of material deep in the Earth’s mantle that would make the planet’s overall composition more similar to…
A newly published study reveals evidence of a major cosmic event near the end of the Ice Age, detailing how a cosmic impact sparked climate…
New research led by Brown University suggests that pre-existing mineralogy on the Moon can survive large impacts and impact melts. Providence, Rhode Island (Brown University)…
In a new study, researchers from MIT provide evidence that volcanic activity did indeed trigger the end-Triassic extinction, killing off 76 percent of marine and…
Researchers from Ohio State University have discovered the oldest example of biomarkers found inside a particular complete fossil. Columbus, Ohio—Though scientists have long believed that…
Researchers discovered a new class of Martian meteorite in the Sahara Desert that contains 10 times more water than other Martian meteorites from unknown origins,…
In a lab experiment, Yale researchers discovered that molten iron can deeply penetrate single crystals of magnesium iron oxide, resulting in “metal-rich blobs” that penetrate…
A newly published study details the mass extinction of lizards and snakes that occurred after an asteroid struck the Earth 65.5 million years ago, finding…
A new analysis of the mineral grains from the bottom of the Grand Canyon indicates that it was formed about 70 million years ago, during…
Last year, the surprise 5.8-magnitude earthquake that struck central Virginia was actually worse than previously thought. Detailed analyses of the ground motions triggered by the…
On April 11th 2012 a pair of massive earthquakes rocked the Indian Ocean. Scientists think that these may be the latest step in the formation…
On Monday, Novosibirsk scientists of the Institute of Geology and Mineralogy at the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences announced that there is…
There has been renewed activity at Fuego in Guatemala. The eruption is becoming more intense, although news reports coming out of the region are unclear…
War sand is sand that is a result from wartime operations. The beaches of Normandy are covered in a fine dust of particles resulting from…
While analyzing roughly 100 satellite images from NASA’s THEMIS spacecraft and the HIRISE camera on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, UCLA scientist An Yin discovered that…