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X-rays and diamonds reveal Earth's inner core secrets
Surprisingly we do not have much information about the center of the planet that we live on. What lies beneath our feet is not well known.
Joseph Shavit
Nov 29, 2022


Asteroid that killed the dinosaurs triggered “mega-earthquake” that lasted months
New evidence suggests that the Chicxulub impact also triggered an earthquake so massive that it shook the planet for weeks to months.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 8, 2022


Tug from sun and moon might be the actual cause of earthquakes
Earth’s plates might be shifting because the sun exerts such a strong gravitational pull on the moon that its orbit is elongating.
Joseph Shavit
Jan 23, 2022


Researchers discover a new type of earthquake and it's man made
A Canadian-German research team have documented a new type of earthquake in an injection environment in British Columbia, Canada.
Joseph Shavit
Dec 7, 2021


Earth’s iron core may not be a solid as scientists once thought
3,200 miles beneath Earth’s surface lies the inner core, a ball-shaped mass of mostly iron that is responsible for Earth’s magnetic field.
Joseph Shavit
Oct 9, 2021


NASA Balloon Detects California Earthquake – Next Stop, Venus?
The technique is being developed to detect venusquakes. A new study details how it made the first balloon-borne detection of a quakes
Joseph Shavit
Jul 20, 2021
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