Earth’s oldest crystals suggest an early start for plate tectonics
A scientifically faithful impression of Earth during the Hadean eon.Credit: Southwest Research Institute/Simone Marchi Ancient rock crystals from…
Global subsidence of river deltas
Selection of global river deltas We selected 40 deltas globally, prioritizing 35 deltaic systems with the greatest exposed…
Spin transition in magnesiowüstite and ultralow thermal conduction in ultralow velocity zones
Thermal conductivity of Fp25 and Fp75 at high pressure and room temperature We used ultrafast time-domain thermoreflectance (TDTR)…
Building wet planets through high-pressure magma–hydrogen reactions
Fulton, B. J. et al. The California-Kepler survey. III. A gap in the radius distribution of small planets.…
Scientists Discover the Hidden Ingredient That Helped Form Earth’s Inner Core
Cartoon of the Earth with cutaway showing the mantle and inner and outer core. Magnetic field lines produced…
Volcanic crisis reveals coupled magma system at Santorini and Kolumbo
Preine, J. et al. Hazardous explosive eruptions of a recharging multi-cyclic island arc caldera. Nat. Geosci. 17, 323–331…
Mysterious changes near Earth’s core revealed by satellites in space
Material deep inside Earth — thousands of kilometres down, near the planet’s core — has undergone a mysterious…
Infrared Instruments Could Spot Exotic Ice on Other Worlds
Water ice molecules are among the most common in the cosmos and influence the interior and exterior of…