The oldest fossil evidence of life on land has been discovered in Australian rocks, potentially extending the known era of land-based life by over 500 million years.… Read more “Oldest evidence of life on land discovered in Australia”
Category: Geology
Gooey rock in mantle thickens 1,000km down
A sixth of the way to the center of the Earth, things get goopy. Using variations in the planet’s gravitational tug, geophysicists have discovered that the viscosity… Read more “Gooey rock in mantle thickens 1,000km down”
Mountains, craters revealed in latest images of dwarf planet Ceres
Mountains, plains and craters take center stage in a new batch of images from the Dawn spacecraft, which has been in orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres since… Read more “Mountains, craters revealed in latest images of dwarf planet Ceres”
