Most earthquakes begin in the Earth’s crust, along familiar fault lines that shift and grind beneath our feet. But scientists have now discovered that some earthquakes start much deeper – far below the crust, inside the mantle beneath…
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Duke of Edinburgh informed about physics and the green economy at visit to Institute of Physics in London – Physics World
Duke of Edinburgh informed about physics and the green economy at visit to Institute of Physics in London – Physics World
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New experiments suggest Earth's core contains up to 45 oceans' worth of hydrogen – Phys.org
- New experiments suggest Earth’s core contains up to 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen Phys.org
- Experimental quantification of hydrogen content in the Earth’s core Nature
- Earth’s core may contain as much as 45 oceans’ worth of hydrogen,…
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Where did Earth’s water come from? Clues…
Sarah Al-Ahmed:
Scientists are using Apollo Moon samples to trace the origin of Earth’s water, this week on Planetary Radio. I’m Sarah Al-Ahmed of The Planetary Society, with more of the human adventure across our solar system and beyond. How did…Continue Reading
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Galaxy Images Decoded In Four Dimensions With New ‘shapelet’ Technique
Researchers are developing novel techniques to analyse galaxy images using phase space, potentially unlocking new insights into dark matter and cosmological structures. Shun Arai from the Kobayashi-Maskawa Institute for the Origin of Particles…
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Physicists Make Electrons Flow Like Water
If you were asked to picture how electrons move, you could be forgiven for imagining a stream of particles sluicing down a wire like water rushing through a pipe. After all, we often describe electrons as “flowing” in an “electric…
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Life may have started as sticky goo clinging to rocks
How did life begin? A team of scientists from Japan, Malaysia, the United Kingdom, and Germany believes the answer may involve sticky gels that coated surfaces on early Earth long before the first true cells appeared.
Their work, published in…
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Interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying water across the solar system
For countless ages, a small chunk of ice and dust traveled alone through interstellar space, like a sealed bottle drifting across a vast cosmic sea.
This summer, that traveler entered our solar system and received the name 3I/ATLAS, becoming only…
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Pluto Unexpectedly Governs Distant Objects In A 10-Million-Year Cosmic Dance
Scientists are now revealing the unexpectedly significant role Pluto plays in governing the dynamics of Twotinos, a population of trans-Neptunian objects. S. Ramírez-Vargas, A. Peimbert, and M. A. Muñoz-Gutiérrez, alongside A….
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