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Minerals in hot springs performed a key chemical reaction for early life on Earth, new study confirms

One of the biggest scientific mysteries is where life on Earth started. Research has often focused on the role of deep-sea hydrothermal vents—those towering structures...

Feces, vomit offer clues to how dinosaurs rose to rule Earth

Feces, vomit and fossilized food from inside stomachs have provided new clues into how dinosaurs rose to dominate Earth, a new study revealed on...

Powerful new US-Indian satellite will track Earth’s changing surface

Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage to infrastructure. We don't always notice...

Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age, new study suggests

At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy...

Volcanic ‘cryptic carbon’ emissions may be a hidden driver of Earth’s past climate

An international team of geoscientists led by a volcanologist at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes continued...

New research shows most space rocks crashing into Earth come from a single source

The sight of a fireball streaking across the sky brings wonder and excitement to children and adults alike. It's a reminder that Earth is...

Scientists discover one of the Earth’s earliest animals in Australian outback

In the shadow of South Australia's largest mountain range beneath the outback soil lies a fossil record that reveals a rich history of life...

Easter Island’s volcanic history suggests Earth’s mantle behaves quite differently than previously assumed

Geography textbooks describe the Earth's mantle beneath its plates as a well-mixed viscous rock that moves along with those plates like a conveyor belt....

How did magma oceans evolve on early Earth and Mars? Iron chemistry and primordial atmospheres offer clues

Before Earth became the blue planet, it was engulfed by a very different kind of ocean: a vast, deep magma ocean reaching down hundreds...

Research suggests Earth’s oldest continental crust is disintegrating

Earth's continental configurations have changed dramatically over its billions of years' history, transforming not only their positions across the planet, but also their topography...

Near-Earth asteroid data help probe possible fifth force in universe

In 2023, the NASA OSIRIS-REx mission returned a sample of dust and rocks collected on the near-Earth asteroid Bennu. In addition to the information...

Geologists discover mysterious subduction zone beneath Pacific, reshaping understanding of Earth’s interior

University of Maryland scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient seafloor that sank deep into Earth during the age of dinosaurs, challenging existing theories about...

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