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Pulsing Magma in Earth’s Mantle Drives Tectonic Plates Tearing Africa Apart

Magma Pulses Are Tearing Africa Apart Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below…

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A giant crater on the moon may hold remnants of an ancient magma ocean. Artemis astronauts could bring home samples of it

A giant impact crater on the moon may contain primordial pieces of the lunar mantle and remnants of an ancient…

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Cyclones on Jupiter and a moon with flowing magma: NASA Juno probe’s latest discoveries are awesome

A flurry of new discoveries from NASA’s Juno mission Jupiter have taken us beneath the surface of the gas giant’s…

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Ocean of magma formed early in Earth’s history, study finds

Earth held a deep ocean of magma beneath its surface in its early history, new research finds, potentially explaining odd…

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Huge magma eruptions may have torn South America and Africa apart during the breakup of supercontinent Pangaea

The split between South America and Africa 135 million years ago was a fiery affair, new research finds. The continental…

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