Microbial Slime: Key to Understanding Earth
These biofilms are just remarkable. They may be the ultimate system to study to understand our planet' UConn Department of ...
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Fossil and present-day stromatolite ooids contain a meteoritic polymer of glycine and iron
At 2.1 Gya there was ongoing substantial asteroidal delivery, including hemoglycin, to Earth where water was present as tidal pools or early oceans, conditions that support stromatolite formation.
Natural beginnings
The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...
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'Snowball Earth:' Entire planet was likely covered in ice more than 600 million years ago
This study presents the first physical evidence that Snowball Earth reached the heart of continents at the equator.' ...
'One-of-a-Kind' Fossil From Age of Dinosaurs Reveals New Early Bird Species
Researchers hope the "exquisitely preserved" fossil will cast new light on an enduring mystery in paleontology.
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'Missing link' found in ancient rocks of Colorado show that Snowball Earth really happened
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...
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Bang! Meet the big ‘Red Monsters’ of the early universe
An international research team, including Yale’s Pieter van Dokkum, has discovered a trio of supermassive “Red Monster” ...
Evidence from Snowball Earth found in ancient rocks on Colorado’s Pikes Peak – it’s a missing link
Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...
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'Crumb trails' of meteoroids could reveal potentially dangerous comets years before they reach Earth
Potentially dangerous comets could be spotted many years in advance by following the meteoroid trails they leave near Earth, ...