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Why the Peregrine moon lander was burned up in Earth’s atmosphere

The launch of the Peregrine lunar lander aboard a Vulcan rocket on 8 January APFootage / Alamy Stock Photo The…

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Earth’s largest ape went extinct 100,000 years earlier than once thought

The world’s largest ape vanished from Earth more than 100,000 years earlier than once thought, pushed to extinction as the…

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Central American volcanoes offer clues to Earth’s geological evolution

This article was originally featured on Knowable Magazine. Over millions of years, the Earth’s upper layers have performed a dance…

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Researchers rely on Earth’s magnetic field to verify an event mentioned in the Old Testament

A breakthrough achieved by researchers from four Israeli universities — Tel Aviv University, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Bar-Ilan University…

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Mesopotamian bricks unveil the strength of Earth’s ancient magnetic field

Ancient bricks inscribed with the names of Mesopotamian kings have yielded important insights into a mysterious anomaly in Earth’s magnetic…

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Western start-ups seek to break China’s grip on rare earths refining By Reuters

© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A wheel loader operator fills a truck with ore at the MP Materials rare earth mine…

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Antarctica’s ancient ice sheets foreshadow dynamic changes in Earth’s future

Nineteen million years ago, during a time known as the early Miocene, massive ice sheets in Antarctica rapidly and repeatedly…

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Research in Lake Superior reveals how sulfur might have cycled in Earth’s ancient oceans

Geochemist Alexandra Phillips has sulfur on her mind. The yellow element is a vital macronutrient, and she’s trying to understand…

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Earth’s surface water dives deep, transforming core’s outer layer

A few decades ago, seismologists imaging the deep planet identified a thin layer, just over a few hundred kilometers thick.…

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Kelp holds a timeline of Earth’s history

This article was originally featured on Hakai Magazine, an online publication about science and society in coastal ecosystems. Read more stories like…

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