earth
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Australian Scientists Just Found The World’s Oldest Fossils
Australian and UK scientists have dug up the oldest fossils found on Earth to date — 3.7 billion-year-old sedimentary formations created by clumps of bacteria — which predate the current earliest fossils by a whopping 220 million years, and suggest life originated here more than four billion years ago. And the researchers say they could…
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Epic Timelapse Captures An Entire Year On Earth From 1.6 Million Kilometres Away
Video: A spacecraft parked in orbit at a distance of 1.6 million kilometres has captured the mother of all timelapse videos — an entire year on Earth. Enjoy.
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What Was Going On With Earth’s Magnetic Field A Billion Years Ago?
We know about our North and South poles, but what about an East, West, or slightly-to-the-left pole? According to new research published in Geophysical Research Letters, around one billion years ago, that might have been a possibility.
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How Long Will It Take To Fall Through The Earth?
You might not want to check this out for yourself, but do you know how long it would take for a person to fall through the Earth? Around 42 minutes.