Tag Archives: geology

The islands of Alaska can be part of a single, huge volcano

[ad_1] A trail of volcanic islands off the coast of southern Alaska may actually be part of a single giant caldera, according to evidence presented next week at the American Geophysical Union’s autumn meeting. If so, it’s possible that the newly revealed volcanic giant once exploded in an explosion large …

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60 ancient zircons found in the Martian meteorite

[ad_1] Over the past 100 years, we have made incredible advances in healthcare that would have been considered miraculous for any previous generation. To give an example, the life expectancy in the United States in 1950 it was 68.2 years. We have since added 10 years to that average. Social …

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SpaceX sent astronauts to space, flying to the ISS

[ad_1] This is SpaceX’s second manned space flight and the first regular transport of astronauts to IIS by a private company for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In the past nine years since the closure of the space shuttle program, NASA has used the services of the …

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