Don Turcotte, professor emeritus, tectonics pioneer, dies at 92 | Cornell ChronicleDon Turcotte, influential geoscientist and engineer, passed away at age 92, remembered for his innovative work in mantle dynamics and extensive contributions to geoscience.
Earth's inner core isn't just slowing, it's also shape-shifting, study findsUSC scientists found the Earth's inner core is deforming due to turbulence from the outer core, marking a significant discovery in geoscience.
Did Pluto 'kiss and capture' its largest moon?New simulations suggest Pluto-Charon formed from solid proto-bodies, not fluids as previously thought.
Scientists find seismic role in formation of large gold nuggetsEarthquakes generate electric fields in quartz, driving the formation of gold nuggets through the extraction of dissolved gold.
Deepest-ever samples of rock from Earth's mantle unveiledScientists extracted a 1,268m rock sample from the Atlantic Ocean bottom, providing insights into Earth's mantle & crust formation.