We know that Mars was once wetter than it is now, but questions about when water formed and evaporated are more difficult to answer. Now a new study suggests that there was water on the Red Planet about 4.4 billion years ago, much earlier than previously thought. It is based …
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An unusually large and powerful eruption of an ice-covered gravitational volcano on Iceland in 2011 sent 20 kilometers of ash into the atmosphere, canceling about 900 passenger flights. In comparison, about 100,000 flights were canceled in 2010 due to very small explosions in Izzafallajukul. Understandably, any mention of another volcanic …
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Pulling into a valley on Mars, scientists have discovered a wind-filled area of solid sand, which turned to rock about a billion years ago. Despite the drastic decline, time has survived significantly in this stable plain of the Paleo-Dunes, which is longer than the fossil waves of sand on Earth, …
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Two years ago, astronomers Report findings A huge lake beneath a thick layer of ice at the south pole of Mars. Now, scientists have confirmed that three new underground lakes have been discovered and detected in the same area – and they believe there may be many more. A new …
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Global warming is stabilizing the oceans, raising surface temperatures and reducing the amount of carbon they can absorb, according to research published Monday by meteorologists warning that the findings have “deep and disturbing” effects. Man-made climate change has caused surface temperatures to rise across the planet, leading to an increase …
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