Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...
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Earth's elusive 'ignorosphere' could shed new light on auroras
The dataset covers the period between September 2004 and December 2023 and will enable researchers to explore and model some ...
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What's inside Earth quiz: Test your knowledge of our planet's hidden layers
Our planet's interior is much too deep and hot to explore with probes, so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and model its structure. Seismic waves are shock waves tha ...
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Earth’s Magnetic North Pole Is Shifting Toward Siberia and Raising Questions About Unusual Movement
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...
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Supernova 'rains' could give rise to mysteriously magnetic dead stars
"Most of the external layers of a massive star are removed during the supernova, but some material falls back, making the neutron star spin faster." ...
Here’s What Would Happen If Asteroid Bennu Hit Earth
Although the chances of impact are slim, Bennu is still one of the most potentially hazardous known asteroids in our solar ...
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu could hit Earth in 157 years and set off a global ‘impact winter,’ study says
Near-Earth asteroid Bennu has a slim chance of colliding with Earth in 2182. If it does, the impact could trigger a global ...
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Computer Model Offers First-Ever Detailed Look at Earth's 'Ignorosphere'
Credit: Roberto Machado Noa/Moment via The past few centuries have yielded an abundance of information about Earth's atmosphere, from the weather that manifests in the troposphere and ...
Colossal 'Anomalies' in Earth's Mantle Aren't What We Thought
To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...
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Earth from space: Massive field of ancient lava casts an eerie, gold-specked shadow in the Sahara
A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...
Model shows spinning neutron stars gain enormous magnetic fields
An international team of scientists has modeled the formation and evolution of the strongest magnetic fields in the universe.
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Two buried ‘supercontinents’ hiding inside Earth could be much older than previously thought
Like most of us, Earth has a lot going on under the surface — even in what may have once seemed to be its most unassuming layer ... the authors used a physics model that linked seismology ...