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Early risers this month can see a “planet parade” building in the eastern sky before sunrise featuring Saturn, Jupiter, Venus and Mercury. Best seen about an hour before sunrise, on Monday, Aug. 11, Saturn will be visible in the south,…

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In a groundbreaking study, a team of geoscientists, including Dr. Uisdean Nicholson and Dr. Débora Duarte, has uncovered a significant clue about the formation of the Atlantic Ocean. Their research, revealed through seismic profiles and…

1.Today, we all know that an asteroid killed/started the extinction of the dinosaurs. The theory was first proposed in 1980 by Nobel prize laureate physicist Luis Alvarez and his geologist son Walter. They suggested that a massive asteroid impact…

In a groundbreaking discovery, astronomers from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO), part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, have uncovered evidence suggesting that binary black holes might not be the “lonely wanderers” we once…

But Whitehouse presented a third line of evidence to dispute the 3.95 billion-year date: isotopes of hafnium in the same zombie zircon crystals.

The technique relies on radioactive decay of lutetium–176 to hafnium–176….

Researchers have found an innovative technique to maximize the use of precious metals that are vital to the green energy transition.

Scientists from the University of Nottingham explained that they used argon plasma — a type of ionized gas that…

A cherry tomato-sized fireball that crashed through the roof of a metro Atlanta house in June was a meteorite 20m years older than Earth, a scientist has determined.

In a news release on Friday, University of Georgia planetary geologist Scott…

At least for a fraction of a second….

Air conditioning can feel heaven-sent on hot summer days. It keeps temperatures comfortable and controls humidity, making indoor environments tolerable even on the most brutally warm days.

But some people avoid using air conditioning (AC) no…