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The Earth is round, and is also a shifting, squashed spheroid
Earth is often described as a circle or an oval, but it is neither. As the planet spins more than 1,000 miles per hour at the ...
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Scientists make stunning discovery using 3D modeling of Earth's interior: 'Advances our understanding'
Now, scientists will have better tools. Scientists make stunning discovery using 3D modeling of Earth's interior: 'Advances ...
The Earth's magnetic field and oxygen evolved together over 540 million years, according to a major NASA study.
The seafloor is far thinner than the bulky landmass, and temperature from within Earth is “quenched” by the enormous volume of cold water that’s above it. Think of the gigantic Pacific Ocean compared ...
Earth’s deep interior still shapes the world above your feet. Water trapped far below the surface helps control how rocks ...
About 4.6 billion years ago, the young Earth was a hostile and violent place. Repeated collisions with space rocks left the ...
TEMPE, Ariz. — Seismologists in recent years have recast their understanding of the inner workings of Earth from a relatively benign homogeneous environment to one that is highly dynamic and ...
Scientists reveal one side of Earth’s interior cools faster. The Pacific Ocean hemisphere loses heat quicker, influencing ...
The journey for volcanic rocks found on many volcanic islands began deep within the Earth. Brought to the Earth’s surface in eruptions of deep volcanic material, these rocks hold clues as to what is ...
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