A star factory at the heart of our galaxy is mysterious and important
The researchers confirmed that two enormous stars, each more than 20 times the mass of the sun, are growing inside ...
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Earth’s first crust mirrors the chemistry of modern continents
It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...
Earth’s First Crust Was Continental – Long Before Plate Tectonics Began
New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we associate with modern continents. This means the telltale fingerprints of ...
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Massive magma eruptions may have ripped Africa and South America apart
The split between South America and Africa 135 million years ago was a fiery affair, new research finds. The continental breakup spewed over 3.8 million cubic miles (16 million cubic kilometers) of ...