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A landmass which was once home to up to half a million people has been discovered off the coast of northern Australia.The now-submerged continental shelf was a vast, habitable landscape for much of the past 65,000 years, covering some 390,000 square kilometres (around 242,300 miles) – an area bigger than New Zealand The scientists who made the landmark find, led by Kasih Norman of Queensland’s Griffith University, said that the “complex landscape” that existed on the Northwest Shelf of Australia was “unlike any landscape found on our continent today”.And yet, the humans who lived there spoke similar languages and created...

Lost continent 'unlike anything found today' discovered off the coast of Australia

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Animals here have found a way to live without sunlight.

Bizarre Sea Pig Spotted At Chile’s Deepest Seeps 2,836 Meters Below The Sea

In late April, farmers in Saskatchewan stumbled upon spacecraft fragments while preparing their fields for seeding. It sounds like the beginning of a science fiction movie, but this really happened, sending a powerful warning: it is only a matter of time before someone is seriously hurt or killed by falling space junk.

SpaceX space junk crashed onto Saskatchewan farmland, highlighting a potential impending disaster

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Our planet was born around 4.5 billion years ago. To understand this mind-bendingly long history, we need to study rocks and the minerals they are made of. The oldest rocks in Australia, which are some of the oldest on Earth, are found in the Murchison district of Western Australia, 700 kilometres north of Perth. They have been dated at almost 4 billion years old.

A groundbreaking discovery: how we found remnants of Earth’s primordial crust near Perth

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This 2023 astronaut photo shows a pair of perfectly aligned "wave clouds" rippling above the Crozet Islands in the Southern Ocean. The unusual patterns are the result of changes in temperature caused by gravity waves.

Earth from space: Gravity waves spark pair of perfect cloud ripples above uninhabited islands

NASA scientists have just identified mysterious shapes flying above the Earth but, don’t worry, this doesn’t mean that aliens are about to strike.Using an imaging instrument called the Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk (GOLD), the experts uncovered strange X and C shapes, which have been cropping up in surprising places at surprising times.The researchers found the structures dancing around the ionosphere – the area where Earth’s atmosphere meets space – and say that the discovery could help improve radio communications and space weather forecasts.The ionosphere – which sits around 50 to 400 miles (roughly 80 to 644 kilometres)...

NASA scientists discover strange structures hovering above Earth

After three years of meticulous research, an international team of researchers has discovered a fossilized giant basal tetrapod in Namibia’s arid region. Basal tetrapods are early four-legged vertebrates that lived during the crucial transition from water to land. This three-meter-long skeleton, found in the Ugab River valley, is the...

Giant swamp creature found in Namibia was an ambush predator

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A rare giant hoodwinker sunfish that washed ashore Gearhart beach in Oregon could be the largest of its species ever sampled.

Gigantic sunfish that washed up on Oregon beach could be the largest of its species ever found

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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A stunning new wonderland has been discovered, hidden deep beneath the ocean waves of the Arctic Circle. Off the coast of Svalbard, in Norway, more than 3,000 meters (9,842 feet) down, a field of hydrothermal vents unfolds along the Knipovich Ridge, an underwater mountain range previously thought to be fairly unremarkable.

Incredible Hydrothermal Environment Discovered Deep Beneath The Ocean

NASA's Perseverance rover spotted a bizarrely light-toned boulder on Mars, the likes of which have never been seen before.

'1st of its kind': NASA spots unusually light-colored boulder on Mars that may reveal clues of the planet's past

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

The frozen continent of Antarctica is, paradoxically, a hotbed of volcanic activity.The ice-capped region is home to some 138 volcanoes nestled beneath the snow, 91 of which were discovered as recently as 2017.Whilst most of them are considered dormant or possibly extinct, three have erupted in recent history according to the Smithsonian Institution’s Global Volcanism Program: Penguin Island in 1905; Deception Island in 1970, and Mount Erebus in 1972.The latter of these is arguably Antarctica’s most famous – winning the titles of tallest active volcano on the continent – with its summit standing at 12,448 feet (3,794 metres) – and...

Volcano in Antarctica spews out $6,000-worth of gold each day

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Around 518 million years ago, Earth was populated by ancient worm-like creatures, one of which was a sizeable carnivorous worm recently unearthed in fossil form. Timorebestia koprii, these 'terror beasts' measured about 30 centimetres long and were formidable predators in the ancient oceans. Fossils of Timorebestia were discovered in North Greenland, and evidence suggests they preyed on bivalved arthropods known as Isoxys.

Terror Beasts of the Cambrian Seas Discovered in North Greenland

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This new species, dubbed Fona herzogae, existed 99 million years ago in what is now Utah.

99 million-year-old fossil reveals new dinosaur species that lived in burrows

A mother’s love knows no bounds, regardless of species or habitat. This was beautifully demonstrated by a pygmy blue whale, captured on camera for the first time nursing her calf underwater, as shared by Insider Divers on YouTube. Initially seen swimming alone, the mother whale was later shown with her calf latched onto her, feeding as they journeyed through the waters. The touching footage was filmed off the coast of Timor-Leste in Southeast Asia by a group dedicated to studying blue whales, reports IFL Science.

Researchers capture first-ever underwater footage of blue whale nursing its calf on a 5000 km trip

Measurements from the LHCb collaboration expand scientific understanding of how individual quarks assemble to form observable matter. Research from the Large Hadron Collider has unveiled that quarks, the primary components of visible matter, form composite particles differently based on environmental conditions. This discovery challenges the previously held belief that baryon production from quarks is uniform, pointing to a need for revised theoretical models to explain matter formation under varying densities.

Decoding Quark Secrets: New Large Hadron Collider Findings Challenge Old Theories

The discovery could offer a glimpse into how extreme climate change could alter the planet. Scientists have uncovered evidence of a nearly 1,000-mile-long river system that flowed beneath Antarctica around 40 million years ago, Live Science reported. The team of geologists made the discovery during a 2017 expedition that set...

Scientists stunned after discovering massive river system in Antarctica: 'This is exciting'

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover took a shortcut to steer clear of a path riddled with boulders — and stumbled into a field full of stones the likes of which scientists have never seen before on the Red Planet. On its fourth campaign since landing three years ago, the tireless...

NASA Rover Discovers Strange Stones, Never Before Seen on Mars

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These rare rocks come in a few different types, which can tell geologists about Mars’ volcanic past and hint at its potential habitability.

Meteorites from Mars help scientists understand the red planet’s interior

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Space Station Snapshot: The Untamed Terrain of Tasmania

The island is Australia’s smallest state, but its mainland fills the frame of this astronaut photograph. An astronaut aboard the International Space Station (ISS) took this...

Space Station Snapshot: The Untamed Terrain of Tasmania

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