Earth's Interior
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Parts of Earth's Original Crust Exist Today in CanadaRocks from the eastern shore of the Hudson Bay in Canada contain elements of some of Earth's earliest crust, new research finds.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Primeval Reservoirs Under Earth's Mantle May Be Older Than the MoonThe Earth's mantle retains traces of primeval materials that are older than the moon, which formed a scant 100 million years after the solar system's coalescence.
By Tia Ghose Published
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Dino-Killing Asteroid May Have Punctured Earth's CrustBy Charles Q. Choi Published
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Earth's Fiery Depths Filled with BrimstoneBy Becky Oskin Published
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Microwavable Mantle: Physicists Nuke Mock Earth Layer, for ScienceScientists trying to determine where the missing heat from the Earth comes from have turned to an unlikely source: a microwave oven.
By Tia Ghose Published
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Hot Superblobs at Earth's Core Feed Rivers of Molten RockBy Tia Ghose Published
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Ancient Huts May Reveal Clues to Earth's Magnetic Pole ReversalsBy Sarah Lewin Published
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Earth's Mysteriously Light Core Contains BrimstoneResearchers have found that the vast majority of brimstone — reverently referred to in biblical times as "burning stone," but now known more commonly as sulfur — dwells deep in the Earth's core.
By Elizabeth Goldbaum Published
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Crashing Electrons Could Explain Earth's Magnetic Field MysteryNew research claims to have solved a messy paradox that has plagued geoscientists who study Earth's core and its life-protecting magnetic field.
By Becky Oskin Published
