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Giant Mystery Wave Spotted in Atmosphere of Venus
Researchers have spotted a strange, stationary wave suspended in Venus’ atmosphere. By Elizabeth Howell.
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Planet Earth makes its own water from scratch deep in the mantle
Computer simulation confirms that water can form within our planet rather than arriving from space, and the process may explain mysterious deep quakes. By Andy Coghlan.
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Mysterious ‘Magic Islands’ on Saturn’s Titan Moon May Have Just Been Explained
Scientists had a few possible explanations for transient features spotted on Saturn’s largest moon, but a new study points to a theory that may prove to be the most likely reason: Titan’s seas are bubbling with nitrogen. By Nancy Atkinson.
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7,000 underground gas bubbles poised to 'explode' in Arctic
Scientists have discovered as many as 7,000 gas-filled 'bubbles' expected to explode in Actic regions of Siberia after an exercise involving field expeditions and satellite surveillance, TASS reported. A number of large craters - seen on our images here - have appeared on the landscape in northern Siberia in recent years and they are being carefully studied by scientists who believe they were formed when pingos exploded.
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After Dino-Killing Asteroid Impact, Life Re-Emerged Quickly
Life re-emerged at the site of the dino-killing asteroid's impact at roughly the same time it began to thrive around the globe, despite suffering from worse conditions.
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These are the strangest oceans in our galaxy
It’s a weird, wet universe out there. By K.N. Smith.
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Dinosaur asteroid hit ‘worst possible place’
How different Earth's history might have been if the space rock had struck a different location.
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Why these researchers think dinosaurs were minutes away from surviving extinction
The team is making its case after drilling into the asteroid crater that coincides with the animals' disappearance.
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A giant lava lamp inside the Earth might be flipping the planet’s magnetic field
Signals from violent earthquakes are helping reveal the landscape of the planet’s insides. By Paula Koelemeijer.
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Curiosity rover finds its crater was habitable for 700 million years
And there are indications that groundwater persisted for far longer. By John Timmer.
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The Workings of an Ancient Nuclear Reactor
Two billion years ago parts of an African uranium deposit spontaneously underwent nuclear fission. The details of this remarkable phenomenon are just now becoming clear. By Alex P. Meshik on (Jan. 26, 2009)
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‘8th World Wonder’ May Lie Below Volcanic Lakeshore
Using a 19th century cartographer’s field diary, researchers think they’ve found the location of a revered landmark thought to be destroyed. By Sarah Gibbens.
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'Big bang' and 'pillar of fire' as latest of two new craters forms this week in the Arctic
Scientists have located two fresh craters formed on Yamal peninsula this year, with the latest exploding on 28 June with the eruption picked up by new seismic sensors specifically designed to monitor such events, The Siberian Times can disclose.
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Would a supervolcano eruption wipe us out?
Throughout our planet’s history, massive volcanic eruptions have devastated life. Could one bring an end to human civilisation? By David Cox.
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Global fingerprints of sea-level rise revealed by satellites
Geological processes send more meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets to Earth's mid-latitudes. By Rachael Lallensack.
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Thunderstorm Turns Into a Nuclear Reactor and Blasts Radiation Everywhere
Satellites have observed gamma-ray flashes before, but this latest flash was unusual in several aspects, and it came with a prize: They observed a burst of subatomic particles (in this case, neutrons) in their detector. By Ryan F. Mandelbaum. (Sept. 19, 2017)
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Extreme methane rainstorms appear to have a key role in shaping Titan’s icy surface
Titan, the largest of Saturn's more than 60 moons, has surprisingly intense rainstorms, according to research by a team of UCLA planetary scientists and geologists. Although the storms are relatively rare—they occur less than once per Titan year, which is 29 and a half Earth years—they occur much more frequently than the scientists expected.
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Climate change is much, much worse than we thought, study finds
Global warming might be far worse than we thought, according to a new study. The research challenges the ways that researchers have worked out sea temperatures until now, meaning that they may be increasing quicker than previously suggested. The methodology widely used to understand sea temperatures in the scientific community may be based on a mistake, the new study suggests, and so our understanding of climate change might be fundamentally flawed.
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Star’s magnetic field could turn habitable-zone planets into magma soup
The inner planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system might get melted by induction heating. By John Timmer.
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When will the Earth try to kill us again?
Most mass extinctions began with vast convulsions of Earth’s interior—can we detect that?
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