Stellar pollution shows exoplanets are more diverse than we thought — but few are like Earth
Exoplanet composition may be much more varied and weird than we thought.
Tag: plate tectonics
Earth’s history gets rewritten by a single drop of water
The findings show that plate tectonics started 3.3 billion years ago, coinciding with the period when life started on Earth.
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 ...
Jupiter’s Moon Europa found to have Plate Tectonics
Europa, Jupiter's icy moon is the only body in the Solar System found to have plate tectonics (besides Earth). A ...
Geophysicists find a layer of liquefied rock in the Earth’s mantle that acts as a lubricant for tectonic plates
Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have found a layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's ...
Massive Indian Ocean quakes may signal tectonic break-up
The past few years have been marked by numerous seismic events, some of dramatic magnitude; aside from the huge 9.1 ...
5.9 earthquake hits the US East Coast
A small, yet frightening earthquake, registered at 5.9 magnitude, sent shivers down people's spines all the way from Ottawa, Canada ...
Texas was attached to Antarctica, 1.1 billion years ago
[caption id="attachment_8436" align="alignright" width="288" caption="The oldest known supercontinent was called "Rodinia" and formed some 1.1 billion years ago, when there ...
Quartz may be key to plate tectonics
Plate tectonics is one of the most important theories, from the point of view of its practical effects on society ...
Quake moved Japan by at least 8 feet
The devastating seismic event that struck Japan is affecting the entire world, and even the entire planet. While smoke continues ...