Earth Sciences, Science

Weird Magnetic Anomaly Reveals Ancient Tectonic Crash

7 Apr , 2014  

“The east coast of North America was once as wild as the West, with massive mountains rising between colliding tectonic plates, volcanoes belching lava and giant faults slicing the crust. That’s because millions of years ago, eastern North America was part of Gondwana and Pangaea, theĀ supercontinentsthat formed as Earth’s tectonic plates collided, split apart, and […]

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Space

Did Earth Life Come from Space? Tough Algae Suggests Panspermia Possibility

27 Sep , 2013  

“Scientists have long debated the possibility of that the microbial seeds of life did not originate on Earth, but were perhaps delivered here from an alien source, encased in comets or meteorites from Mars. But to get here, simple life forms would have had to endure a litany of harsh cosmic conditions, including ejection into […]

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