Planetary scientists have created the 1:30000 scale geological map of Oxia Planum, the landing site for ESA’s ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. The post Scientists Create High-Resoluti...
https://www.sci.news/space/oxia-planum-geological-map-12797.html
Physicists at Ames National Laboratory have found compelling evidence of unconventional superconductivity in synthetic samples of Rh17S15, which is also found in nature as the mineral miassite. ...
https://www.sci.news/physics/unconventional-superconductor-miassite-12764.html
In a new study, geologists from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide have used plate tectonic modeling to determine what most likely caused the Sturtian glaciation. The post ...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/sturtian-snowball-earth-glaciation-12670.html
A few decades ago, seismologists identified a thin layer with a lower velocity in Earth’s metallic liquid core. The post Surface Water Penetrates Deep into Earth, New Research Suggests appea...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/earth-e-layer-12446.html
A giant collision between the ancient protoplanet Theia and the proto-Earth about 4.5 billion years ago may have formed Earth’s Moon as well as two continent-sized regions within Earth’s mant...
The newly-discovered water reservoir lies 3.2 km (2 miles) under the ocean floor off the coast of New Zealand, where it may be dampening a major earthquake fault that faces the country’s North ...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geophysics/hikurangi-water-reservoir-12323.html
The Argyle mine in the Kimberley region of Western Australia is the world’s largest source of natural diamonds. The post Australian Pink Diamonds Were Formed when Supercontinent Nuna Was Brea...
https://www.sci.news/geology/australian-pink-diamonds-12280.html
Phosphate minerals such as those in the apatite group tend to be the dominant forms of phosphorus in minerals on the Earth’s surface. The post Study: Lightning Strikes Can Create Phosphites o...
https://www.sci.news/geology/new-port-richey-fulgurite-11822.html
The El Ali meteorite, a 15.2-ton iron meteorite found in 2020 near the tiny town of El Ali in Somalia, contains at least two new minerals: elaliite and elkinstantonite. The post Researchers Fin...
https://www.sci.news/space/elaliite-elkinstantonite-11514.html
Stromatolites are solid, laminar structures reflecting complex interplays between microbial communities and their environment. The post 3.5-Billion-Year-Old Australian Stromatolites Have Biogen...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/dresser-formation-stromatolites-biogenic-origin-11369.html
Lonsdaleite, a rare hexagonal form of diamond found in ureilite meteorites, formed shortly after an inner solar system dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid about 4.5 billion years ago. T...
https://www.sci.news/space/meteoritic-lonsdaleite-11191.html
The evolution of land plants took place about 430 million years ago (Silurian period) and transformed Earth’s biosphere. The post Emergence of Land Plants Altered Composition of Earth’s Con...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geoscience/land-plants-continental-crust-composition-11151.html
New research suggests that regions of space with dense interstellar clouds may send more high-energy comets crashing to the surface of the Earth. The post Transits through Milky Way’s Spiral ...
https://www.sci.news/space/milky-ways-spiral-arms-early-earths-continental-crust-11130.html
New research shows that the Martian meteorite Northwest Africa (NWA) 7034, known more commonly as ‘Black Beauty,’ was ejected between 5 and 10 milliom years ago from a crater in the north-eas...
https://www.sci.news/space/home-crater-black-beauty-meteorite-10995.html
Geologists have discovered 1.2-billion-year-old groundwater about 3 km below surface in Moab Khotsong, a gold- and uranium-producing mine in South Africa. This ancient groundwater is enriched i...
https://www.sci.news/geology/moab-khotsong-groundwater-10972.html
Hackmanite, tugtupite, and scapolite change their color from white to purple, pink, and blue, respectively, under UV irradiation, according to a team of scientists from the University of Turku. �...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/chemistry/aluminosilicate-mineral-photochromism-10926.html
Using neutron and X-ray tomography, a team of planetary researchers from Lund University and elsewhere examined a section of Miller Range (MIL) 03346, a nakhlite meteorite from Miller Range in An...
https://www.sci.news/space/martian-meteorite-water-10807.html
Scientists from West Virginia University have found ancient cells of prokaryotes and eukaryotes within fluid inclusions in halite crystals from the Neoproterozoic Browne Formation in central Aust...
https://www.sci.news/paleontology/neoproterozoic-halite-microorganisms-10798.html
Named Lake Snow Eagle, the newly-discovered subglacial lake is approximately 42 km in length and 370 km2 in area, making it one of the largest subglacial lakes in Antarctica. Revealed by heavily ...
The nature of Earth’s earliest crust and crustal processes remains enigmatic due to the almost complete lack of a rock record older than 4 billion years (Hadean Eon) and the scarcity of rocks b...
https://www.sci.news/othersciences/geophysics/plate-tectonics-zircons-10744.html