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“Very Unusual” – Scientists Discover Bizarre Parasitic Creature Preserved in Amber
SciTechDaily· 17 minutes agoA new study uncovers ancient nematodes that fed on pseudoscorpions, captured in Baltic amber fossils. The early bird gets the worm, but as fossil research by an Oregon State University scientist ...
Cosmic cloud exposed Earth to interstellar space 3 million years ago
New Scientist· 5 days agoBetween 2 million and 3 million years ago, the solar system encountered turbulence on a galactic...
Enormous deposit of rare earth elements discovered in heart of ancient Norwegian volcano
Live Science via Yahoo News· 3 days ago580 million years ago, the Fen Carbonatite Complex complex was the pipe of an active volcano. |...
The solar system may have passed through dense interstellar clouds 2 million years ago, altering ...
Science Daily· 5 days agoOpher and her co-authors believe this shows that the sun's location in space might shape Earth's history more than previously considered. It's made from a constant flow of ...
A Giant Interstellar Cloud May Have Once Enveloped Earth, Potentially Causing Ice Ages
Smithsonian Magazine· 16 hours agoFor a long period ending only about 12,000 years ago, our planet withstood a series of harsh ice...
Humans emerged thanks to Earth colliding with cold clouds, study suggests
Daily Telegraph· 5 days agoEarth passed through a giant interstellar cloud two million years ago which cooled the planet and...
Ancient crystals suggest freshwater on Earth 4 billion years ago
Axios· 6 days agoAncient grains of zircon crystals contain evidence suggesting dry land and freshwater may have...
Encounter Between Sun And "Something Outside The Solar System" May Have Dramatically Cooled Earth
IFLScience· 21 hours agoAs the Moon orbits the Earth, the Earth orbits the Sun, and the Sun orbits the center of the Milky...
An encounter with 'something outside of the solar system' may have triggered an ice age on Earth
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 days agoTwo million years ago, an encounter with a cold cloud of gas and dust could have caused our planet's...
"Drastic changes" in interstellar space may have caused ice age
Newsweek· 5 days agoEarth may have been exposed to interstellar clouds which may have changed the chemistry of the...