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Mars has northern and southern hemispheres like Earth, but their defining characteristics are markedly different, a ...

The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

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The ESA Solar Orbiter has provided a stunning new look at the Sun by combining 25 high-resolution images. This mosaic offers a detailed view of the solar surface, including sunspots and granules, ...

Geophysicists find areas that resemble the results of tectonic plate collisions — far from any area of such activity.

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

A month after announcing its first funding round and debut insurance product, Stand is seeing a huge surge in interest due to ...

The bridge in Guizhou province, China, will be nearly twice as high as the Eiffel Tower and have the largest span in a ...

These fragments of our surface do have a tendency to sink into Earth's mantle when they lose out in the plate-on-plate ...

It's worth questioning how the startup's system might impact the planet down the road — potentially exacerbating the ...