[Utrecht University] The end-Triassic mass extinction, 201 million years ago, is linked to volcanism that resulted from the break-up of Pangea and which pumped out vast amounts of CO2 into […]
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Missed Opportunities In The Search For Extraterrestrial Life
Suppose there are signs of extraterrestrial life and we have not yet been able to detect them. What does that mean?
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Mysterious Gullies On Mars Appear To Have Been Dug, But By Whom Or What?
Did life really exist on Mars after all? Unfortunately, there is no conclusive evidence for this yet. Nevertheless, it would seem that some form of life was the driving force […]
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Massive Volcanic Eruptions Did Not Cause The Extinction Of Dinosaurs
Massive volcanic eruptions on the Indian peninsula have long been proposed as an alternative cause for the demise of the dinosaurs. This phase of active volcanism took place in a […]
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Surprising Insights About Debris Flows On Mars
The period that liquid water was present on the surface of Mars may have been shorter than previously thought. Channel landforms called gullies, previously thought to be formed exclusively by […]