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Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...
Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...
Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the ...
Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...
New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...
A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...
"Water abundance in the lunar mantle provides insights into the giant impact formation models for the Moon and plays a ...
The new model demonstrated that Earth’s early crust fractured, with portions thickening into the precursors of continents while the molten magma between these fragments generated crust ...
When volcanic eruptions make headlines, the images often depict fiery lava and towering ash clouds. But beneath Antarctica’s ...