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Earth

Nice Gneiss

New study helps pinpoint when Earth’s tectonic plates began

Dec 11, 2020
Dark with Earth Rays

How much carbon is buried deep within Earth? New simulation provides clues

Feb 18, 2020
Earth

Changes in Earth’s orbit could explain rise and fall of ancient species

Jun 5, 2018
Crust

Earth could have supported crust, life earlier than thought

Jun 4, 2018
Planet collision

Research suggests water appeared while Earth was still growing

Apr 5, 2018

Study suggests tectonic plates began moving half a billion years earlier than thought

Sep 21, 2017

Research proposes new theories about nature of Earth’s iron

Mar 16, 2017

Isotopic similarities seen in materials that formed Earth, moon

Jan 25, 2017

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