Sun Reveals Massive Convection Currents: Video

Sun Reveals Massive Convection Currents: Video

This is the first time these massive jet streams are identified

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 19th, 2011
Earth's Core May Be Melting Down

Earth's Core May Be Melting Down

Beads Behave Unexpectedly in Boxes

Beads Behave Unexpectedly in Boxes

The phenomenon cannot be explained

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 1st, 2009
Research Hints at Extraterrestrial Origin for Platinum

Research Hints at Extraterrestrial Origin for Platinum

Some of it came from meteors and asteroids

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 28th, 2009
How Noble Gas Remains Trapped in Earth's Mantle

How Noble Gas Remains Trapped in Earth's Mantle

New scientific study yields some insight

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 30th, 2009
Earth's Inner Workings Explained by Tidal Movements

Earth's Inner Workings Explained by Tidal Movements

The ground also goes up and down

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 23rd, 2009
Continents Help Earth's Core Remain Hot

Continents Help Earth's Core Remain Hot

They act as thermal insulators

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 21st, 2009
Researchers Create New Convectional Model for Space

Researchers Create New Convectional Model for Space

A new device is able to measure heat transfers between stars

  • Nature
  • By Dan Talpalariu
  • December 17th, 2008
Magma Observatory Accidentally Discovered by Drilling

Magma Observatory Accidentally Discovered by Drilling

This is the equivalent of a Jurassic Park for magma studies

  • Nature
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 7th, 2008
Pangaea Fell Victim to Its Own 'Game'

Pangaea Fell Victim to Its Own 'Game'

Supercontinent ate itself then broke up

  • Nature
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • July 3rd, 2008
Simulation Shows How the Motion of Plate Tectonics Flips

Simulation Shows How the Motion of Plate Tectonics Flips

Model predicts future supercontinent

  • Space
  • By Gabriel Gache
  • May 13th, 2008
Prolonged Heating Could Stop Plate Tectonics

Prolonged Heating Could Stop Plate Tectonics

A 37.7 degrees Celsius rise in atmospheric temperature should do the job

  • Space
  • By Lucian Dorneanu
  • April 19th, 2007
What Is the Link Between Van Gogh and Turbulent Stars?

What Is the Link Between Van Gogh and Turbulent Stars?

Stunning discovery