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Strange yellow glass found in Libyan desert may have formed from lost meteor impact
A strange type of glass that was discovered in 1933 in the Libyan desert may come from a meteorite, an analysis shows, but impact crater is still missing.
Seamount twice the size of world's tallest building discovered 'hidden under the waves'
Scientists aboard the Falkor (too) research vessel have documented, for the first time, an extinct volcano towering 5,250 feet above the seabed in international waters in the Pacific Ocean.
Water leaking into Earth's core may have birthed a mysterious layer that churns out crystals
A new series of experiments has shown that the mysterious "E-prime layer," which surrounds Earth's outer core, is created by water that leaks deep into our planet's interior.
A 'protoplanet' that created the moon may be hiding deep inside Earth
Mystery blobs in Earth's mantle may be chunks of a Mars-sized space rock that crashed into our planet 4.5 billion years ago, scientists discover.
Scientists finally discover 'lost continent' thought to have vanished without a trace
Scientists have pieced together the remnants of a continent that broke off from western Australia 155 million years ago and seemingly vanished as it drifted northward toward Southeast Asia.
Scientists finally solve 390 million-year-old 'murder mystery' from an ancient supercontinent
Researchers mapped out "cake-like" fossil layers belonging to a group of ancient marine creatures from the supercontinent Gondwana that mysteriously died off 390 million years ago.
Jurassic pliosaur 'megapredator' was a giant 'sea murderer'
The earliest pliosaur 'megapredator' helped rule the oceans 170 million years ago during the age of dinosaurs.
What's the deepest-occurring gemstone on Earth?
Very few gems can withstand the intense pressure of Earth's mantle, but some require it to crystallize.
Mystery blobs in Earth's mantle may be linked to ancient gold and platinum that arrived from space
The gold and platinum that came from giant space rocks should have sunk into Earth's core instead of rising to the crust. Scientists have now worked out how this happened — and it may explain some really weird blobs deep in our planet's mantle.
