The oldest volcano in Europe, Mount Etna, is sliding into the sea
You are sliding on a very slight slope, between 1º and 3º. This is possible because it sits on a…
Geology
Is gravity the same across the Earth? And why is this important?
The Earth is rough and has different masses at different locations, and the gravitational field accompanies these variations, which occur…
The New Yooperlite Crystal that looks like the SUN
Imagine that you are walking at night in Nature and suddenly you come across rocks that shine like the Sun….
The geomagnetic field
Earth’s magnetic field, also known as the geomagnetic field, is the magnetic field that extends from the Earth’s interior into…
The hydrohermatite suggests the existence of a substantial water reservoir on Mars
The combination of a water-bearing iron ore described in the 19th century and the fact that they are common rocks…
Ancient meteorite may reveal how life formed on Earth and more secrets of the Solar System
The ancient rock is a rare example of carbonaceous chondrite, a type of meteorite that often contains biological material. A…
It is not Photoshop: this is Lonar lake
It’s not Photoshop or anything like that; the colors of this photo have not been changed: this lake is really…
Earth’s Crystallized Iron Inner Core Could Be Lopsided
When seismic waves speed through the body of our planet, they appear to travel 3 percent faster when moving vertically…
The discovery of Kamil crater
In 2008, the Italian mineralogist Vincenzo de Michele, curator of the Civic Museum of Natural History in Milan, was studying…
Energy unleashed by submarine volcanoes could power a continent
Volcanic eruptions deep in our oceans are capable of extremely powerful releases of energy, at a rate high enough to…