◼ Archived Science Earth’s rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. We finally know where it went A new study in Nature links the Great Unconformity — a gap of up to a billion years in Earth's rock record — to mantle convection that lifted continents before the Cambrian and later let them sink, preserving the erosion surface. 9 sources 9 articles v 7 3d ago
◼ Archived Science Whoops! Scientists Might Have Had the Origin of Animals All Wrong. Recent scientific studies suggest animal life may have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously established. 5 sources 5 articles v 3 34d ago
◼ Archived Science 🔮 fades An asteroid shattered near Jupiter’s gravitational gateway 800 million years ago; scientists say the debr Scientists have traced a prehistoric asteroid breakup near Jupiter's gravity gateway to a massive bombardment of the inner solar system. 6 sources 7 articles v 4 117d ago