Nasa and Esa want to bring Martian rocks to Earth. Here’s what will happen to the samples once they get here: Nasa/JPL-Caltech/MSSS A mission will deliver rock and soil from Mars to laboratories on Earth in the 2030s. Mars Sample Return (MSR) is led by Nasa with participation from the European Space Agency (Esa). The …
Earth’s early evolution: fresh insights from rocks formed 3.5 billion years ago: The Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains look peaceful today – but 3.5 billion years ago the earth there was roiled by volcanoes. Instinctively RDH/Shutterstock Our Earth is around 4.5 billion years old. Way back in its earliest years, vast oceans dominated. There were frequent volcanic …
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A cool Strand Beach image: keep off the rocks! keep off! Image by fabiwa Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Farking?
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A nice Kings Beach image: BFG Tyre tread pattern damage from the Nullarbor rocks. Photographed in Cook on the trans line. Image by spelio PA160003 See the Trans Line video youtu.be/GQ7YmztgKcw #10 One of 37 videos covering our 2009 trip across Australia in #Smoky60Series, towing our camper trailer, called the #VelcroPalace, from Canberra, 1st Oct. …
Phosphorites: mineral-rich rocks offer insight into ancient Namibian ecosystems: Namibian phosphorite isn't just beautiful: it holds secrets from the past. Eugene Bergh Minerals are an important part of our everyday lives. They’re in the mobile phones we use, the cars we drive and even in the food we eat. Phosphorus is a mineral with many …
Chang’e-5 samples reveal Moon rocks dating back less than 2 billion years – the youngest we’ve seen: taffpixture/Shutterstock Lava was still flowing on the surface of the Moon 1.97 billion years ago – and now we have the rocks to prove it. This is the result of new work from an international collaboration of planetary …
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A nice Camps Bay Beach image: Old Seal Rocks caravan Park Image by spelio we stayed here with ACE years ago, and did a little surfing in some dumping waves in Sugarloaf Bay. I still remember Mary getting dumped, and glad she didn’t break her back! This is just north over the headland from Treachery …
A nice Kings Beach image: Throwing Rocks Image by okaysamurai At Kings Beach, North Lake Tahoe. Image automatically curated and published by www.free-mail.co.za – CLICK HERE to learn more about WP Robot for WordPress. Have you tried: Sailing in Africa ?
South Africa in the news: India’s COVID-19 surge rocks global shipping industry: Ports including Singapore and Fujairah in the United Arab Emirates have barred ships from changing crew members who have recently travelled from India, notices from maritime authorities show.: “South Africa” – BingNews Moderna announces vaccine booster will likely combat COVID-19 variants: Moderna announced …
What triangular patterns on rocks may reveal about human ancestors: The larger of the two triangular geometric features (scale bar = 10 cm.) Charles Helm The Pleistocene epoch, which started 2.6 million years ago and lasted until about 11,700 years ago, was crucially important for our hominin ancestors. Homo sapiens first evolved in this era, …
Earth’s early magma oceans detected in 3.7 billion year-old Greenland rocks: 4 billion years ago, the Earth was composed of a series of magma oceans hundreds of kilometres deep. Larich/Shutterstock Earth hasn’t always been a blue and green oasis of life in an otherwise inhospitable solar system. During our planet’s first 50 million years, around …
South Africa in the news: Bruny Island wilderness cruise, Tasmania: Seals, dolphins and rocks that breathe: That’s 25 of my outboards, but then I’m not showing 40 or so people the wild cliffs and wildlife along the coast of Bruny Island in the rolling swells of the Tasman Sea. We’re out for a three-hour …: …