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Orbital eccentricity may have led to young underground ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas
Saturn's moon Mimas could have grown a huge underground ocean as its orbital eccentricity decreased to its present value and caused its icy shell to melt and thin. "In our previous work ...
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Earth's next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch
They mapped changes in ice sheet volumes using data from fossilized deep-sea organisms, then compared this data to the Earth's oval-shaped orbit around the sun, a phenomenon called orbital ...
Ice Ages Follow a Hidden Pattern, and Scientists Just Cracked It
Glacial cycles aren’t random; they follow a predictable rhythm dictated by Earth’s orbit. A study analyzing climate records ...
What If the Asteroid Belt Had Formed a Super-Earth? Scientists Reveal the Shocking Impact
Could a giant planet between Mars and Jupiter have doomed Earth? A new study suggests that small changes would have been ...
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The distinct role of Earth’s orbit in 100-thousand-year glacial cycles
and eccentricity on the rhythmic advance and retreat of ice sheets. A major challenge in determining the precise influence of orbital variations on glacial cycles lies in the striking similarity ...
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Our next ice age is due in 10,000 years, but there's a catch
Earth's last ice age ended around 11,700 years ago and a new study predicts the next one should be 10,000 years away. But the researchers say record rates of fossil fuel burning that are increasing ...