Diamonds form alongside a distinct purple companion. We studied it to reach a conclusion about how rare they might actually be.
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To us, Earth’s landscapes might change very little. But over millions of years, our planet’s surface has shifted in innumerable ways.
Earth doesn’t just have an inner core. It also has an innermost inner core, a solid ball within the solid ball in the very middle of the planet.
Meteor impacts are an inevitable part of being a rocky planet in space. The craters they leave behind are a window into the tumultuous history of Earth.
Could tectonic processes in the early Earth have contributed to the rise of oxygen?
Believe it or not, this sort-of happened before in Earth’s history – and now we have the Moon.
There’s a curious 200-million-year rhythm to Earth’s crust production. Now, it seems like our very place in the galaxy is tied to it.
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Professor (Astrophysics), University of Southern Queensland
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Professor of Petrology, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Geochronology, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics, University of Lincoln
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Postdoctoral fellow, Earth Sciences, Laurentian University
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Professor, University of Michigan
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Arthur F. Thurnau Professor, Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Michigan
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Senior Beamline Scientist - Powder Diffraction, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Geophysics, Australian National University
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Professor, Head of Geophysics, Director of Warramunga Array, Australian National University
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Trinity College Dublin
