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What are the mysterious continent-sized lumps deep inside Earth?

For decades, planetary scientists have been trying to understand the origins of two colossal geological anomalies inside our planet. New insights suggest they could be leftovers from a cosmic collision

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Tiny magnetic waves have been discovered in Earth’s core

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The 'Cambrian explosion' saw the emergence of many animals we recognise today

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Burst of animal evolution altered chemical make-up of Earth's mantle

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Christopher Jackson interview: How geologists can fight climate change

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The Super Pit is Australia???s largest open pit gold mine, producing around 850,000 ounces of the precious metal annually.

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Geology needs to reinvent itself as we fight against climate change

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Crawford Lake, one of the few meromictic lakes around the world, highlight of the Crawford Lake Conservation Area, south of Milton, Ontario Canada; Shutterstock ID 145107226; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other: -

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Geologists to pinpoint official birthplace of the Anthropocene in 2022

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The Allan Hills 84001 meteorite courtesy of NASA/JSC/Stanford University.

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Organic compounds on Mars were produced by water and rocks, not life

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The moon's magnetic field may have been altered by huge sinking rocks

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PAHOA, HI - MAY 4: In this handout photo provided by the U.S. Geological Survey, a column of robust, reddish-brown ash plume occurred after a magnitude 6.9 South Flank following the eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano on May 4, 2018 in the Leilani Estates subdivision near Pahoa, Hawaii. The governor of Hawaii has declared a local state of emergency near the Mount Kilauea volcano after it erupted following a 5.0-magnitude earthquake, forcing the evacuation of nearly 1,700 residents. (Photo by U.S. Geological Survey via Getty Images)

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Plumes of rock that feed volcanic hotspots are surprisingly cold

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$NASA image of Troctolite 76535. NASA/Johnson Space Center photograph S73-19456. - [1] Troctolite sample 76535 brought back from the Moon by Apollo 17. This sample has a mass of 156 grams and is up to 5 centimeters across. It was collected as part of a rake sample at station 6 at the foot of the North Massif. Another view of this sample was used in Figure 7-16 of the Apollo 17 Preliminary Science Report (SP-330, 1973), which has the following caption: Coarse-grained norite (sample 76535) with fresh-appearing plagioclase (white to light gray) that has typical striations of albite twinning. Although pyroxenes (medium gray) are fractured along cleavage planes, they do not appear badly crushed.$

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Apollo 17 rock sample hints the moon cooled faster than we thought

A rock sample collected from the moon during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972 has been re-examined, and the results suggest the lunar surface might have cooled in just 20 million years

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Earth

What are the mysterious continent-sized lumps deep inside Earth?

Earth

Tiny magnetic waves have been discovered in Earth’s core

Earth

Burst of animal evolution altered chemical make-up of Earth's mantle

Environment

Christopher Jackson interview: How geologists can fight climate change

Earth

Geology needs to reinvent itself as we fight against climate change

Earth

Geologists to pinpoint official birthplace of the Anthropocene in 2022

Space

Organic compounds on Mars were produced by water and rocks, not life

Space

The moon's magnetic field may have been altered by huge sinking rocks

Earth

Plumes of rock that feed volcanic hotspots are surprisingly cold

Space

Apollo 17 rock sample hints the moon cooled faster than we thought

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Black lava from this bizarre volcano could reveal Earth's deep secrets

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New mineral davemaoite discovered inside a diamond from Earth's mantle

Life

Mystery of ancient burrows older than earliest animals has been solved

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La Palma volcano eruption: Warning signs may have been there for years