When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...
Earth’s deep interior still shapes the world above your feet. Water trapped far below the surface helps control how rocks move, melt, and recycle through the mantle. Some of that water carries a ...
Gaseous water has been detected in the planet-forming disk surrounding the star V883 Orionis (ALMA) using the Atacama Large ...
Recently, a team of researchers led by Prof. DU Zhixue from the Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry of the Chinese Academy of ...
A comet named “Devil” has revealed an important clue about the origin of water on Earth. Researchers recently discovered that water on Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks, a rare galactic phenomenon known for its ...
Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping theories of how Earth gained its oceans. A billion-year-old impact may have melted ...
Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...
When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon called true polar wander In an ideal model of our planet, the axis around ...
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The continents are rapidly drying out and the earth’s vast ...