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Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

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The data helps enhance scientists' understanding of how much water is actually present in the Moon’s mantle, which will ...

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In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, thousands of miles from any continent, Easter Island rises out of the sea. Its surface ...

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