Deep Dielectric Charging May Alter Evolution of Lunar Soil
Data from the Cosmic Ray Telescope and the Advanced Composition Explorer has revealed that energetic charged particles (such as galactic cosmic rays and solar energetic…
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The Mystery of India’s Rapid Move toward Eurasia 80 Million Years Ago
A newly published study from MIT geologists reveals that a double subduction system may have driven India to drift at high speed toward Eurasia some…
Geologists Reveal Earth’s Inner Core Has an Inner Core of Its Own
New research from a team of geologists reveals that the Earth’s inner core has an inner core of its own, with crystals aligned in a…
Research Shows Volcanism and Greenhouse Gas Could Have Warmed Mars
New research from Brown University and Israel’s Weizmann Institute of Science shows that warmth and water flow on ancient Mars were probably episodic, related to…
Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Finds Evidence of “Recent” Lunar Volcanism
New data from NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter reveals evidence of basaltic volcanism on the Moon occurring within the past 100 million years. NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance…
New Model Reveals Spreading Continents Kick-Started Plate Tectonics
New research from the University of Sydney is shedding light on what set the Earth’s massive tectonic plates in motion, suggesting that it was triggered…
Evidence of Tectonic Plate-Like System on Europa
Using data from NASA’s Galileo orbiter, scientists have discovered clear visual evidence of Europa’s icy crust expanding. The discovery implies two-way communication between the exterior…
Geophysicists Detect Evidence of Large Amounts of Water in Earth’s Mantle
New research reveals large quantities of water bound up in the rock located deep in the Earth’s mantle. Researchers have found evidence of a potential…
New Questions About the Evolution of Dinosaurs in North America
Scientists at MIT precisely dated the rocks in which the earliest dinosaur fossils were discovered in the southwestern United States, raising questions about when dinosaurs…
New Research Reveals Tidal Heating in the Deepest Part of the Lunar Mantle
In a newly published study, scientists reveal that there is an extremely soft layer deep inside the Moon and that heat is effectively generated in…
Cornell Astronomers Discover Mysterious Geologic Object on Titan
Using data from the Cassini spacecraft, astronomers from Cornell University have discovered mysterious geologic object that has appeared in the second-largest sea on Saturn’s moon…
New Study Resolves a Decades-Old Paradox between Thermal History Models and Estimates of Mercury’s Contraction
A newly published study from the Carnegie Institute resolves a decades-old paradox between thermal history models and estimates of Mercury’s contraction, showing that Mercury contracted…
Research Reveals New Man-Made Ozone-Depleting Gases in the Atmosphere
New research from scientists at the University of East Anglia reveals four new man-made gases in the atmosphere that are contributing to the destruction of…
Orbiter Examines Clues to Possible Water Flows on Mars
Using images from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, several new studies examine recurring slope lineae on Mars and possible water flows. NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars have…
Scientists Find Evidence for Granite on Mars
Data from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has led to the discovery of feldspar minerals on Mars, providing the most compelling evidence to date that Mars…
Evidence That Organic Material Can Survive the Impact of a Meteorite
In a newly published study, researchers from the Natural History Museum provide the first evidence that any organic material, either inside a meteorite or already…
Geoscientists Building Whole-Earth Model to Study Long-Term Climate Evolution
Geoscientists from Rice University are building a whole-Earth model to study long-term climate evolution, focusing on how carbon moves between Earth’s external and internal systems….
First Definitive Proof of a Comet Striking Earth Millions of Years Ago
A team of scientists has discovered the first definitive proof of a comet striking Earth millions of years ago. The first ever evidence of a…
