Cratons are fascinating yet enigmatic geological formations. Known to be relatively stable portions of the Earth's ...

The Chang’e-6 mission marked the first successful retrieval of lunar farside samples, focusing on the SPA basin’s intrusive magmatism. HKU researchers have identified extensive plutonic activity, ...

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Recently, groundbreaking scientific discoveries have been rolling out at a breathtaking pace, from astronomical research on ...

Nov. 4, 2024 — Astronomers have discovered a supermassive black hole at the center of a galaxy just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang that is consuming matter at a phenomenal rate -- over 40 ...

The North China Craton (NCC) is a very old and stable geological structure, experiencing deformations since the Mesozoic era.

Though ancient magmatism formed deposits throughout the West, southeastern Arizona is unusually convenient to mine, Barton explained. The underground copper has been lifted close enough to the ...

These rocks show geochemical signatures typical of subduction-related magmatism, including enrichment in elements like Cs, Rb, and Ba, while being depleted in Nb, Ta, and Ti. Through petrography, ...

Easter Island consists of several extinct volcanoes. The oldest lava deposits formed some 2.5 million years ago on top of an oceanic plate not much older than the volcanoes themselves. In 2019, a ...