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The Secrets of How Life Began May Be Hidden Inside the World’s Oldest Rocks
Smithsonian researchers trekked to a remote site in northern Canada to collect four-billion-year-old rock samples that could ...
Skull-like rock on Mars reveals new clues about planet's past
NASA's Perseverance rover has discovered a haunting rock formation on Mars that looks unsettlingly like a skull. Dubbed "Skull Hill," the jet-black outcrop is so bizarre and out of place that even ...
Scientists think a hidden source of clean energy could power Earth for 170,000 years — and they've figured out the 'recipe' to find it
Researchers have compiled a list of "ingredients" that could help resource exploration companies locate huge reservoirs of ...
How Lanzarote's volcanic landscape has inspired generations of Canary Islanders
Lanzarote’s volcanoes have inspired locals to make everything from art to wine. A tour of the island reveals the landscape’s ...
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Scientists find remnant of Earth’s primordial crust in tiny crystals in Australia
In a recent study, researchers from Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia unearthed compelling ...
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Glendonites after the end Permian mass extinction
The end of Permian mass extinction occurred 251.9 million years ago, marking the close of a geological period known as ...
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'Out of Nowhere': NASA’s Perseverance Rover Discovers ‘Skull Hill,’ a Strange Martian Rock Formation
Deahn explains that the rock could be what geologists refer to as “float” — material transported from its original location by processes ... igneous rocks — often rich in iron and magnesium — contain ...