Asteroid tells secrets of Earth's 'far wetter' building blocks
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 10, 2025
Earth's building blocks were "far wetter" than previously imagined, new analysis of tiny samples from a distant asteroid has suggested, overturning long-held assumptions about the early solar system. ... more
Earth's chemistry settled early but later collision likely delivered water for life
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 01, 2025
Earths chemical make-up reached completion within the first three million years of the Solar Systems formation, according to a new study by the University of Berns Institute of Geological Sciences. ... more
Paleontologists discover dinosaur-era crocodile in Patagonia
Washington DC (UPI) Aug 29, 2025
An interdisciplinary team of specialists from Argentina's National Scientific and Technical Research Council, or CONICET, discovered most of the skeleton - including the skull and jaws - of a large hypercarnivorous crocodile that lived in southern Argentina about 70 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous period. ... more