The Earth isn’t permanent, but it was here for four billion years before humans arrived and should be here for several billion more.
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8,000 tonnes of molten iron solidifies in Earth’s inner core every second – but it’s not distributed equally.
In what could be described as a rather difficult adolescence, Earth earliest continents remained in flux — disappearing and reappeared over 1.5 billion years before finally gaining form.
Unlike our hellish neighbour Venus, Earth was far enough from the Sun for liquid water to form and create a more hospitable environment for life.
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.
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