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Scientists Discover Ancient ‘Hotspot’ That Shaped the Great Lakes 300 Million Years Ago as Earth’s First Imprint
According to Live Science, the lakes formed about 20,000 years ago because of a hotspot ... materials that rise from the middle layer of the Earth. Upon coming in contact with the Earth's crust ...
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An ancient tree revealed the tale of Earth's magnetic field reversal
A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...
An Asteroid Has a 1-in-63 Chance of Hitting Earth in 2032—Here’s What That Means
A dive into probabilities, asteroid impact modeling, and what sort of damage an approximately 180-foot asteroid could cause on Earth.
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Asteroid's odds of hitting Earth went up. Scientists aren't surprised.
"Earth is taking up a bigger percentage of that ... in diameter occur every 10,000 to 20,000 years. A "dinosaur-killing" impact from a rock perhaps a half-mile across or larger happens on 100 ...
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Researchers Stunned After Discovering 20,000-Year-Old Fossil Belonged to a Bear, Mistook It to Be of a Human Initially
The 20,000-year-old fossilized bones of ‘Ushikawa Man’ were some of Japan's most ancient human fossils, but recent studies prove it to be something else. Scientists revealed that these bones ...