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What's the oldest mountain range in the world? (How about the youngest?)
By Brittney J. Miller published
Geologists have dated mountains all over the world, allowing them to discover some of the oldest and youngest ranges on the planet.

Scientists discover lost range of 'supermountains' three times longer than the Himalayas
By Brandon Specktor published
Scientists detected two ancient ranges of 'supermountains' that criss-crossed the Earth hundreds of millions of years ago — and may have jump-started animal evolution.

Neutron star 'mountains' may be blocking our view of mysterious gravitational waves
By Harry Baker published
Scientists have used computer models to predict the size of minuscule deformations, or mountains, on the surfaces of neutron stars, which are responsible for causing gravitational waves as they spin.

Viral video captures fish tumbling from planes in Utah
By Nicoletta Lanese published
Utah wildlife officials have restocked lakes in this way since the 1950s.

Earth's mountains disappeared for a billion years, and then life stopped evolving
By Brandon Specktor published
For a billion years Earth's mountains stopped growing, and may have starved the sea of nutrients, new research finds.

The Alps are growing taller
By Laura Geggel published
The Central Alps are growing "surprisingly quickly."

Viking 'treasure' of rare artifacts revealed on a long-lost mountain trail
By Mindy Weisberger published
Melting ice revealed a long-lost trail in Norway that was strewn with objects dating to the Viking Age.

Why Don't Mountains Grow Forever?
By Yasemin Saplakoglu published
Imagine a world where mountains grow so high, they poke through the upper atmosphere and create a rocky maze for pilots to navigate.
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