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Could there have came a meteorite among the lunar rocks of Apollo 11 Mission ?
Could there have came a meteorite among the lunar rocks of Apollo 11 Mission ? Read this and answer for yourself. (I always thought that, since there is only one God, infinite, omniscient, omnipotent, etc... anything can
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Cyprus to get its moon rock after 40 years
Nicosia :: Cyprus | 4 days ago
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Cyprus (AP) A piece of moon rock destined for Cyprus that disappeared 40 years ago could finally be on its way to the Mediterranean island nation...The official, who insisted on anonymity because he's not authorized to speak to the media, said it
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Lost Continent off Brazil
São Paulo :: Brazil | 10 days ago
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Published May 08, 2013 FoxNews.com A research team says they have found an area off the coast of Brazil that may have contained parts of the original continent Pangaea, which existed before the Americas, Africa and other land masses drifted apart. "
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Antarctic lava lake reveals clues about the inner workings of volcanoes
Washington :: DC :: USA | 1 month ago
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Most active volcanoes hide their magma, pools of molten rock churning at temperatures up to about 2,300 degrees, beneath a rocky crust. When people can see magma firsthand, it usually means a volcano has blown its craggy top, violently spewing magma
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Fine wines and a drop of history
Auckland :: New Zealand | 2 months ago
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Frank and his travelling companions paid $NZ99 ($80) each for the wine tour, plus $NZ35 each for the return ferry trip. Frank says the excursion cost less than most official shore excursions in his experience, even after paying for the lunch at
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Meteorites could be worth big bucks
Moscow :: Russia | 3 months ago
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RIA Novosti. "We literally have meteor shows here in the US on a regular basis," he added. As for the meteorite fragments that landed in central Russia Friday morning injuring hundreds of people and damaging thousands of buildings, Gutheinz said: "I
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Crack open geodes at Elgin museum's geology program
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Submitted by Elgin Public Museum Curious about the natural world around you? Bring your family to Elgin Public Museum's Science Night on Friday, Jan. 11. Different stations will be set up around the museum for kids and adults to conduct experiments,
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Granite Transformations Embraces its Italian Heritage with Debut of New Porcelain Collection
Perth :: United Kingdom | 5 months ago
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January 03, 2013 Granite Transformations, an international remodeling services company, announces the debut of its new earth-tone inspired color collection, Terra. Italian for Earth, Terra brings the brown tones of the soil, the gold shimmers
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A memorial to schemers and dreamers, Rhyolite should be cherished
Las Vegas :: NV :: USA | 5 months ago
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Squint a little and imagine the three-story structure as it once was, with its stained-glass windows trimmed in Honduran mahogany and its front stairs adorned in Italian marble. That was back in 1907 when Rhyolite, suddenly, was the fourth-largest
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Help Find the Healdsburg Tektites
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 5 months ago
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Photo by Jean Wasp, Sonoma State University A scattering of mysterious stones in Sonoma and Solano counties appears to be a newly documented population of tektites, a team of local geologists argued last week. Their poster presentation at the San
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