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Geologists know the date of the supernova explosion

Analysis of sediments in the ocean confirmed that a supernova explosion about 2.7 million years ago suspiciously coincided with the era of global cooling. Only a few million years ago, 300 light years from Earth, the supernova exploded. Our ancestors probably admired her a bright flash in the sky which …

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The phases of the moon affect earthquakes, geologists

Earthquakes occur most often during the waxing moon. Paul Jones and his scientists colleagues from the National Observatory in Los Alamos revealed the relationship between seismic tremors in California and the phases of the moon. Earthquake shake the San Andreas fault almost every week. This idea of scientists pushed data …

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Geologists discovered the zombie volcano

Zombie volcano shows signs of life, though had a long time to die. New Zealand geologists have discovered a magma chamber, which is not formed under the active volcanoes of the country, and it is far from volcanic activity area. So it was obtained a new proof of the accumulation …

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Geologists discovered the oldest rocks on Earth

An international team of geologists found 1st fragment of primitive ancient mantle in the vicinity of the sea of Baffin Bay, on the North Anlantic. A group of canadian and American scientists discovered was unique in its nature a substance which is attributed to the earliest stage of existence of …

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Geologists said when they appeared on Earth oxygen

This period in earth’s atmosphere dramatically increased the oxygen content. A joint study by geologists from international universities has helped to clarify the date of the Great oxygen event, which marked a sharp increase in the mass fraction of oxygen in the earth’s atmosphere. As the authors of the study, …

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