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Earth's crust found to be 'dripping' deep into the planet – and the implications could be huge
Picture the Earth’s crust and you most probably think of dense, dry rock. You don’t imagine a goey, honey-like substance ...
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Massive ocean discovered beneath the Earth's crust containing more water than on the surface
It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...
Strange Discovery Finds Earth's Crust 'Dripping' Into The Planet's Belly
"As the lithosphere thickened and dripped below the region, it formed a basin at the surface that later sprang up when the ...
Mount Everest Ascending: Scientists Discover Hidden Growth Engine
Mount Everest has grown an additional 15 to 50 meters due to the erosive forces of the Arun River. This erosion triggers ...
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Earth's crust is 'dripping' under Turkey
Satellite data revealed the Konya Basin in Türkiye is sinking due to crust dripping, where parts of Earth's crust fall into ...
The Crust of Dwarf Planet Ceres Could Be 90% Ice
Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi ...
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Ceres: From ocean world to icy giant
Scientists at Purdue University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab (JPL) suggest Ceres is very icy and might have once been a ...
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Everest grows more than the rest of the ‘eight-thousanders’ thanks to a river that lightens its weight
River erosion in its environs explains why the world’s tallest mountain is up to 800 meters higher than the other towering ...
How has the inside of the Earth stayed as hot as the Sun’s surface for billions of years?
Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that ...
A Himalayan river may be making Everest taller
Mount Everest is 15-50m taller than it would otherwise be because a river is eroding rock and soil at its base, helping push ...
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Mars’ early thick atmosphere could be locked up in planet’s clay surface
In the new study, the researchers propose a complicated chemical reaction between rocks and gases of the planet in the early years.
Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb
Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomers and planetary scientists have pondered the make-up of this ...