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Seismic waves reveal giant structures deep beneath Earth’s surface

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Seismic waves reveal giant structures deep beneath Earth’s surface

Seismic waves travelling through Earth have revealed a giant structure between Earth's molten core and solid mantle under the Marquesas Islands in the South Pacific

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All five of Earth's largest mass extinctions linked to global warming

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All five of Earth's largest mass extinctions linked to global warming

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Mysterious alignment: How do ancient monoliths still line up with the sun?

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Mysterious alignment: How do ancient monoliths still line up with the sun?

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Plate tectonics may have started on Earth 3.2 billion years ago

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Plate tectonics may have started on Earth 3.2 billion years ago

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A giant raft of rock may once have floated across Mars’s ancient ocean

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A giant raft of rock may once have floated across Mars’s ancient ocean

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Putorana plateau and mountains in Siberia, Russie

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Rock peeling off continents may have triggered biggest mass extinction

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surface of Venus

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Strange lines on Venus may be folded stacks of lava eroded by wind

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Yutu 2

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China’s rover has discovered what lies beneath the moon’s far side

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See the exquisite inner world of the gemstone crazy lace agate

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See the exquisite inner world of the gemstone crazy lace agate

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Exoplanet

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Huge Earth-like worlds could host reservoirs of water deep underground

Minerals containing water can exist at much higher pressures than we knew, so they could be hiding oceans’ worth of water deep within giant planets

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The adventures of a geologist: From shipwrecks to mapping the Arctic

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Life

The bizarre plant-like animals that say life’s big bang never happened

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Strange volcanic domes on Venus may be made from hot crystal mush

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Life

Forget pristine habitats - for biodiversity save abandoned quarries

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