Tectonic Plate

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Found tectonic plate
Archeology

Found tectonic plate

A plate of tectonics that once disappeared in North America hundreds of millions of years ago has been discovered still lurking in central California (USA) and Mexico.

December 17, 2018
Discover minerals on Mars
Space science

Discover minerals on Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Robot has discovered a new mineral that completely changes what humans have known about the Red Planet.

December 17, 2018
Survive extraterrestrial life?
Space science

Survive extraterrestrial life?

Today, astronomers have shown us that the earth is just one of the vast number of planets that can have life. Biologists have revealed to us how life on earth originated.

December 17, 2018
Mexico earthquake 'torn' a tectonic plate
Environment

Mexico earthquake 'torn' a tectonic plate

The new study, published in Nature Geoscience, concludes the impact of the earthquake as a Cocos tectonic plate was split in seconds and released the maximum energy.

December 16, 2018
The deepest place of the ocean
Environment

The deepest place of the ocean

American scientists have drawn the deepest area map in the ocean, more detailed than the previous maps. It is the Mariana basin in the western Pacific Ocean, about 2500k…

December 16, 2018
The reason for Mexico's strong earthquake
Environment

The reason for Mexico's strong earthquake

The magnitude 7.1 earthquake claimed more than 240 lives yesterday arising along the boundary between the Cocos and North American arrays when the southernmost plate of…

December 16, 2018