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A Planet Slammed Into Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago, Forming the Moon. The Projectile May Have Been Our Neighbor
Around 4.5 billion years ago, a planet called Theia is thought to have smashed into newborn Earth. The messy collision kicked ...
A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The ...
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NASA probe captures stunning photos of Earth and moon on the way to infamous asteroid Apophis
These images mark an early milestone in the mission, confirming that OSIRIS-APEX is healthy and on course for its 2029 ...
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Mysterious lava puddles in Earth's mantle may hold clues about the origin of life: 'These are not random oddities'
Two mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may hold clues about the origin of life on our planet, new research finds. Deep ...
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The Lost Planet That Gave Birth to the Moon May Have Been Earth’s Next-Door Neighbor
About 4.5 billion years ago, Earth had a violent neighbor. A young, still-forming planet named Theia slammed into our world ...
Researchers have pinpointed a super-Earth in the habitable zone of a nearby M-dwarf star only 18 light-years away.
Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...
Ice Age" invites viewers into a dramatic new era of prehistoric life, millions of years after the extinction of the dinosaurs ...
A lone man walks across an expanse of ice; a mottled tundra; desert badlands. The single human figure becomes a focal point as images from Earth’s diverse ecosystems change underfoot. In this visual ...
Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.
An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.
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