Researchers find strong evidence for “Snowball Earth” theory
Study “presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator” says lead ...
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Near-Earth dwarf planet's surface is 90% covered by water
Previous observations suggested that Ceres was less than 30% ice, and its craters were thought to imply that the dwarf planet ...
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Was ‘Snowball Earth’ a global event? New study delivers the best proof yet
“This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator,” said Liam Courtney-Davies, lead author of the new study and a postdoctoral ...
Why does everything look flat even though the Earth is round?
Even from space, you wouldn’t detect something important about Earth’s shape: It’s not perfectly round. It’s actually a slightly oblate spheroid, or an ellipsoid. This means it is a little bit wider ...