Scientists Detect Shape-Shifting Along Earth’s Solid Inner Core
Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...
Earth’s Core Is Changing Shape
A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...
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Ancient Mars' thick crust could have supported hidden water reservoirs and rare magmas, new research suggests
The research, published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters, suggests that the thick crust of Mars' southern highlands formed billions of years ago generated granitic magmas and sustained vast ...
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Saturn's moon Titan has insulating methane-rich crust up to six miles thick
"The methane clathrate crust warms Titan's interior and ... that is close to that of fast-moving warm glaciers on Earth." Estimating the thickness of the methane ice shell is important because ...
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New Geological Map Of Earth’s Lost Continent ‘Zealandia’ Published
David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. For geologists, a continent is a large area of thick continental crust composed of granite or similar igneous rocks, forming the ...
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Some of Earth's oldest crust is disintegrating. No cause for alarm, folks.
Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be as immovable as previously thought. While much of the crust is affected by plate tectonic activity, certain more stable portions have remained ...