An ocean that opened up in what is now Mongolia 410 million years ago was created by a hot upwelling of rock known as a mantle plume. Over 400 million years ago, an upwelling of hot rock from ...

NASA had a pretty good idea of where the space rock impacted the ocean, but actually finding any debris was still a long shot. Now it’s beginning to look like the expedition has paid off.

Up to that point, people had only drilled into this type of rock to a depth of about 200 meters (0.12 miles), Lang said. When Lang and the team surpassed 200 meters they were already extremely ...

Data from India's recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the moon.

Today, it’s the largest stretch of exposed Anastasia limestone, or coquina rock, along the Atlantic coast. Its backdrop is teal ocean water carried here from the Caribbean, thanks to the Gulf ...

An ocean that opened up in what is now Mongolia 410 million years ago was created by a hot upwelling of rock known as a mantle plume. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...