Tag: organic

Tiny cut marks on animal bone fossils reveal that human ancestors were in Romania 1.95 million years ago

PALEONTOLOGY
Looking again through the magnifying lens at the fossil's surface, one of us, Sabrina Curran, took a deep breath. Illuminated by a strong light positioned nearly parallel to the surface of the bone, the V-shaped lines...

Lake deposits reveal directional shaking during devastating 1976 Guatemala earthquake

EARTHQUAKES
Sediment cores drawn from four lakes in Guatemala record the distinct direction that ground shaking traveled during a 1976 magnitude 7.5 earthquake that devastated the country, according to researchers at the Seismological Society of America's Annual...

Ceres: Where does its organic material come from?

ASTRONOMY
The dwarf planet Ceres, which is around 960 kilometers in size, orbits the outer edge of the asteroid belt - and is an oddity...

Dwarf planet Ceres may have received organic material from space objects

ASTRONOMY
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the...

New evidence of organic material identified on Ceres, the inner solar system’s most water-rich object after Earth

ASTRONOMY
Six years ago, NASA's Dawn mission communicated with Earth for the last time, ending its exploration of Ceres and Vesta, the two largest bodies...

Each glacier has a unique organic matter composition, study reveals

OCEANOGRAPHY
Melting glaciers release more than just water. Organic matter once trapped in ice can run into streams and rivers, where it becomes food for...

Possible organic compounds found in Mars crater rocks

MARS
A study published in Science analyses multiple rocks found at the bottom of Jezero Crater on Mars, where the Perseverance rover landed in 2020,...

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