99-Million-Year-Old Amphibian With Slingshot-style Tongue Found
The skull encased in amber. Image credits Florida Museum / Edward Stanley. Fossils of bizarre, armored amphibians known as a…
November 2020
Newly Discovered Volcanic Mineral Could Lead To More Efficient Batteries
Petrovite, a new mineral described from Tolbachik Volcano in Siberia, could lead to the development of more efficient batt…
Researchers Discover 'Missing' Piece of Hawaii's Formation
The journey of Hawaii's pancake from its creation at the mantle plume to where it slipped under the Pacific plate and …
The Helicoprion Was A Shark With A Buzzsaw In Its Mouth
Terrorizing the seas nearly 300 million years ago, the Helicoprion was a bizarre species of shark that sported one of the cr…
Man Becomes Overnight Millionaire After Meteorite Crashes Through His Roof
The space rock, which weighed around 2.1kg, turned out to be worth around US $1.85 million. An Indonesian coffin maker bec…
Ancient Fragment of The Pacific Ocean Found Buried 400 Miles Below China
Illustration of a process where holes in the subducting Pacific plate would allow heat to escape, driving volcanic activity …
Ancient Zircon Minerals From Mars Reveal the Elusive Internal Structure of the Red Planet
Figure 1: The NWA 7533 zircon-rich meteorite containing fragments of the ancient crust of Mars. Credit: University of Copenh…
'Fireball' Meteorite That Crashed in Michigan Holds Extraterrestrial Organic Compounds
The meteorite fragment that fell on Strawberry Lake includes pristine organic compounds. A 12-million-year-old meteorite t…
Large Volcanic Eruption Caused the Largest Mass Extinction
The researchers found coronene-mercury enrichments in sedimentary rocks deposited in southern China and Italy 252 million ye…
"Sleeping" Volcanoes Can Wake Up Faster Than Thought
Most active volcanoes on Earth are dormant, meaning that they have not erupted for hundreds or even thousands of years, …
New Mineral Discovered in Lunar Meteorite: Donwilhelmsite
New Mineral Discovered in Lunar Meteorite: Donwilhelmsite. Credit: University of Manchester A high-pressure mineral found …
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