Tag: Geophysics
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Earth’s Hidden Ocean Could Hold More Water Than Surface Seas
Introduction: A Deepwater Mystery For years, scientists believed Earth’s water was mostly confined to surface seas, lakes, and rivers. But recent research points to a far deeper, far larger repository: a colossal water reservoir lurking in the planet’s mantle, roughly 700 kilometers beneath the surface. If confirmed, this hidden ocean could rival all surface seas…
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Winners of the 2026 RAS Awards Revealed: Groundbreaking Pulsar Discoveries and Magnetic Field Geophysics Honored
Celebrating Pioneering Minds: 2026 RAS Award Winners The Royal Astronomical Society has announced the winners of its prestigious 2026 prizes, recognizing two researchers whose work spans the most extreme corners of the cosmos and the dynamic geophysics of our own planet. One recipient is famed for transformative discoveries in millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, and supernovae.…
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Groundbreaking Winners Announced for the 2026 Royal Astronomical Society Awards
The Royal Astronomical Society (RAS) has revealed its winners for the 2026 awards, celebrating outstanding achievements across astronomy, astrophysics, and related disciplines. This year’s recipients highlight the breadth and depth of modern space science, from the tiniest neutron stars to the dynamic field of geophysics. Here, we profile the two laureates whose work has earned…
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Winners of the 2026 RAS Awards Announced: Pioneering Pulsars, Gamma-Ray Bursts, and Magnetic Field Mastery
Two Visionaries Honored by the Royal Astronomical Society The Royal Astronomical Society has announced the winners of its prestigious 2026 awards, Celebrating two researchers whose work spans the cosmic extremes from the fastest spinning stars to the planet’s subtle magnetic heartbeat. The prizes recognize a career of groundbreaking discoveries in high-energy astrophysics and a mathematically…
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Earth’s Core Unveiled: Seismic Clues Point to an Onion-like Inner Iron Layer
New Evidence Suggests an Onion-like Core Structure For decades, scientists have probed Earth’s interior with seismic waves that travel through the planet during earthquakes. A new wave of research synthesizes these signals to paint a surprising picture of the Earth’s core: the inner iron center may be layered in a way that resembles an onion…
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Earth’s Core Revealed by Seismic Waves: Layered Truth
Introduction: A Layered View of Earth’s Core Recent seismic analyses have transformed our understanding of Earth’s iron heart. By tracking how seismic waves travel through and around the inner core, scientists are uncovering a layered structure that behaves like an onion—and sometimes in surprising, counterintuitive ways. The new findings suggest not only a multilevel inner…
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Earth’s Core Revealed as Onion-Like with Layered Iron Interior
New clues from seismic waves illuminate Earth’s iron heart For decades, scientists have peered into the depths of our planet using the vibrations that ripple through Earth after earthquakes. A new study of seismic waves passing through the inner core has unveiled surprising details about the iron center, suggesting it is not a uniform sphere…
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Uncovering the mystery behind colorful aurora skies
What causes the colorful aurora skies? The aurora borealis in the northern hemisphere and the aurora australis in the southern hemisphere are nature’s most spectacular light show. At the heart of the phenomenon is the Sun’s wind—a stream of charged particles that travels through space and toward Earth. When these particles collide with atoms and…
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Giant Hidden Structure Discovered Beneath Bermuda: A Geological Revelation
New Findings Unveil a Subsurface Giant Under Bermuda Scientists have unveiled a startling discovery beneath Bermuda: a colossal, 12.4-mile-thick structure that appears to lie deep beneath the island’s crust. Reported in a recent study published in Geophysical Research Letters, the discovery challenges long-held assumptions about Bermuda’s formation and its subterranean history. While the news has…
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Bermuda’s Hidden Giant: A Deep Beneath-the-Island Structure Redefining Earth’s History
New Discovery Unearths a Deep Geological Enigma Beneath Bermuda In a discovery that could rewrite the geologic history of one of the world’s most legendary locations, researchers report a massive structure lying about deep beneath Bermuda. The team, whose findings are published in Geophysical Research Letters, describe a formation that stretches an astonishing 12.4 miles…