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World’s longest sauropod dinosaur trackway brought to light
In 2009, the world’s largest dinosaur tracks were discovered in the French village of Plagne, in the Jura Mountains. Since then, a series of excavations at the site has uncovered other tracks, sprawling over more than 150 meters. They form … Continue reading
Radioactive Elements in New Mexican Rock Reveal Longest Earthquake Record
White calcite deposits in rocks from a fault line in New Mexico helped scientists create a record-long earthquake record. Photo by Laurel Goodwin and Randy Williams Using radioactive elements trapped in crystallized, cream-colored “veins” in New Mexican rock, geologists have … Continue reading
Geologists use radioactive clock to document longest earthquake record
Using radioactive elements trapped in crystallized, cream-colored ‘veins’ in New Mexican rock, geologists have peered back in time more than 400,000 years to illuminate a record of earthquakes along the Loma Blanca fault in the Rio Grande rift. It is … Continue reading
Longest journey for Voyager 1
(ANSA) – Rome, September 6-35 years since the release of Voyager 1, new observations show that the historical Nasa probe might not be so close to the edge of our solar system, i.e. in the area called the heliopause, as … Continue reading