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Fluorescent caves could explain how life persists in extraterrestrial environments
Deep below Earth’s surface, rock and mineral formations lay hidden with a secret brilliance. Under a black light, the ...
Updated physical model helps reconstruct sudden, dramatic sea level rise after last ice age
Around 14,500 years ago, toward the end of the last ice age, melting continental ice sheets drove a sudden and cataclysmic ...
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How Old Is the Earth?
Stromatolites: You Can't Spell Mold Without Old One of the big problems with Kelvin's estimates for the age of the Earth was ...
600 Million Years Ago, an Asteroid Strike Shook the Planet – And Its Effects May Still Linger
Around 600 million years ago, Earth was home to strange, soft-bodied sea creatures, but a powerful asteroid impact in what is ...
Chang'e-6 samples suggest 4.25-billion-year-old impact formed moon's South Pole–Aitken basin
Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...
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Scientists Conclude That The Next Ice Age Is Coming In 10,000 Years
Our planet’s last glacial period (colloquially known as the Ice Age) began around 115,000 years ago and lasted for over 103,000 years of the Pleistocene Epoch. During this time, ...