The Oldest Minerals on Earth Are Rewriting the Planet’s Origin Story

Tiny zircon crystals are revealing that Earth’s earliest history may have included surprisingly complex tectonic activity.
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Analysis of Crystal Deformation Provides Insights Into the Earth’s Mantle

A study using EBSD and TEM imaging found that “b” dislocations in olivine occur in roughly 17% of analyzed crystals. These ...

Earth has just 5 billion years left: The shocking truth about our planet’s lifespan

Planets are often described as ancient, unchanging worlds. Planets are born out of chaos, shaped by violent collisions and ...
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Revolutionary ideas that were laughed at before changing the world

History has a funny way of humbling us. The very innovations we now consider essential were once dismissed as absurd, impossible, or downright dangerous. Brilliant minds faced ridicule, rejection, and ...
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Archaeologists Reveal the Gigantic Scale of the Roman “Lapis Specularis” Mines in Segóbriga, the Crystal with Which Tiberius Built the First Greenhouses in History

For centuries, the windows of the most luxurious villas of Pompeii, the baths of Emperor Caligula, and the greenhouses where ...
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Hidden beauty of Zimbabwe's 2.5 billion-year-old 'geological marvel' revealed in striking astronaut photo — Earth from space

A 2010 astronaut photo shows off the astonishing scale of the Great Dyke of Zimbabwe, which stretches over 340 miles (550 ...