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Early Jupiter Shaped Earth's Formation Zone, Study Finds

High-resolution simulations link the gas giant’s rapid birth to disk rings that delayed a second generation of solids.

New Mexico Fossils Dated to Final 340,000 Years Show Dinosaurs Thriving Before Impact

PNAS Study Finds Rare Water-Rich Meteorite Relics in Chang'e-6 Far-Side Samples

Ancient Mantle Rocks Reveal Potassium-40 Deficit Linked to Surviving Proto‑Earth

Moderate Quakes Rattle Mexico, Peru and the Andes as Monitoring Confirms No Damage

Satellite Study Finds 9-Centimeter Uplift at Iran’s Taftan Volcano

Kīlauea’s Latest Summit Burst Sends Record 1,500-Foot Lava Fountains Skyward

MIT Team Finds Potassium-40 Anomaly That Points to Surviving Proto‑Earth Mantle

Study Finds Iran’s Taftan Volcano Is Dormant, Not Extinct, After Months of Uplift

Two New Triassic Dinosaurs From Argentina Reframe Early Dinosaur Evolution

Study Shows Dry Ice Blocks Carve Mars' Sinuous Dune Gullies

Magnitude 6.1 Earthquake Strikes Mindanao With No Major Damage

Sea-Level Rise Fastest in 4,000 Years Puts China’s Delta Megacities at Risk

Greenland Is Drifting Northwest at About 2 Centimeters a Year as Study Maps Island’s Stretching and Squeezing

Europe’s Longest Sauropod Trackway Unearthed at Oxfordshire Quarry

Strong M6.5 Earthquake Strikes Offshore Papua, Indonesia

Scientists Identify Ice XXI, a Metastable High-Density Phase of Water

Explosive Early Mars Eruptions May Have Left Ice at the Equator

Lewotobi Erupts on Flores Island, Ash Soars 10 Kilometers as Alert Raised to Highest Level

Powerful Quake Off Mindanao Triggers Evacuations as Tsunami Alerts Lifted and Aftershocks Continue