Earth’s mantle is much hotter than we thought, scientists learn
For once, it's not something to do with global warming, phew!
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Earth may have generated its own water – geologically
A new study may have finally found where Earth's water came from. There are currently two competing theories, with one ...
Rock with 30,000 diamonds found Russian diamond mine
Do you fancy diamonds? If the answer is 'yes', then you'll absolutely love this rock extracted from a Russian mine. ...
First ringwoodite sample confirms huge quantities of water in the Earth’s mantle
The first ever terrestrial discovery of ringwoodite seems to confirm the existence of massive amounts of water hundreds of kilometers ...
Largest deep earthquake ever recorded still baffles seismologists
A magnitude 8.3 earthquake that struck deep beneath the Sea of Okhotsk on May 24, 2013 still poses a lot ...
Asteroid Vesta is a lot like Earth, study shows
The cold, lifeless Vesta asteroid might be a lot more like our planet than astronomers believed - having a very ...
Shorties: Stunning pictures of Fukang Pallasite
Photo by Captmondo. You're probably wondering what a Pallasite is; well Pallasites are is a type of iron meteorite, quite ...