Tag: Zircon
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Jun 30, 2018The early surface of Mars consisting of a liquid magma ocean crystallized extremely rapidly, just 20 million year after the formation of the solar system. Thereafter, a solid crust emerged on the red planet potentially housing oceans with water and life. -
May 8, 2017Scientists say the early Earth was likely to be barren, flat and almost entirely under water with a few small islands, following their analysis of tiny mineral grains as old as 4.4 billion years. -
Jun 24, 2016Bombardment triggered atmospheric warming capable of sustaining liquid water. -
Oct 21, 2015Geochemists have found evidence that life likely existed on Earth at least 4.1 billion years ago—300 million years earlier than previous research suggested. -
Oct 18, 2015A study of zircons from a gigantic meteorite impact in South Africa casts doubt on the methods used to date lunar impacts.
