The closest technological species to us in the Milky Way galaxy could be 33,000 light years away and their civilization would ...

The iron-rich core at the center of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth's evolution. The core not only powers the ...

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The interiors of rocky planets and moons tend to be pretty hot compared with their surfaces. This heat, which can be caused by a number of sources — such as tidal stretching and compression, the ...

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New finding contradicts previous assumptions about the role of mobile plate tectonics in the development of life on Earth. Moreover, the data suggests that 'when we're looking for exoplanets that ...

Africa rests on three tectonic plates that are all moving away from each other and this has already caused some changes that ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new study suggests that rapid cooling within the Earth's mantle through plate tectonics played ...

In the vastMilky Way, billions of planets may harbor life, but new research presented at the EPSC-DPS2025 Joint Meeting suggests that alien civilizations capable of communication are likely rare. Led ...

The research reveals how one of Earth’s defining geologic features likely formed — and set the stage for the emergence of life Abigail Eisenstadt Zircons are the oldest minerals in the world and come ...