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UMass Team Identifies Ferric Hydroxysulfate on Mars, Signaling Recent Thermal Activity

AI-enabled CRISM mapping resolved a long-standing spectral anomaly, revealing clues to Amazonian-era heating on the planet’s surface.

Earliest Blue Mineral Pigment in Europe Identified on 13,000-Year-Old German Artifact

Oklahoma Family Finds 2.79-Carat Brown Diamond at Arkansas’ Crater of Diamonds

Lab Experiments Back ‘Earth Wind’ as Driver of Lunar Rust

Diamonds Reveal Nickel-Rich Metal Alloys Deep in Mantle, Confirming Long-Predicted Redox State

Reanalysis of GRACE Data Points to 2007 Deep-Mantle Shift Near Earth’s Core

Study Ties Earth’s Early Crust Changes to Milky Way Spiral-Arm Passages

Simulations Point to Carbon as Trigger for Earth’s Inner-Core Formation

Study Confirms Continent-Sized ‘BLOBS’ Fuel Massive Volcanic Plumes

Baltic Beach Reopens after Radiation Scare over Manganese Nodule

Earth’s Oldest Intact Rocks Confirmed at 4.16 Billion Years in Quebec

Canadian Greenstone Belt Rocks Dated to 4.16 Billion Years, Possibly Earth’s Oldest

Seismic Data Uncover 'Dani' Ghost Plume Beneath Oman

Volcanic Lavas Reveal Gold and Precious Metals Leaking From Earth’s Core

Study Confirms Earth's Core Leaks Gold and Precious Metals Into Mantle

Study Confirms Bolivia’s Uturuncu Volcano Unlikely to Erupt Soon

Bolivia's Uturuncu Volcano Deemed Low Risk for Eruption in New Study

New Study Links Mars' Red Color to Ancient Wet Conditions

New Study Suggests Mars' Red Hue Comes From Ferrihydrite, Not Hematite

Scientists Discover Ancient Subterranean 'Supercontinents' Beneath Earth's Mantle