Earth’s Geological Record Is Missing 1 Billion Years. Scientists Just Found Out Where They Went.

There's a billion-year gap in Earth's geological history. A new study seeks to explain the mystery.
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Earth Is Missing a Billion Years of History. We Finally Know Why

A layer of rock just 520 million years old sat directly on top of ancient rock dating back 1.4 to 1.8 billion years.
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Earth’s day was only 19 hours long for a billion years, study finds

Researchers from the Institute of Geology and Geophysics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Curtin University in Australia are reshaping how you understand the rhythm of Earth’s deep past. Led by ...

Earth's magnetic poles have been flipping for thousands of years: Why do poles change over the years?

Earth's magnetic poles have reversed numerous times, a phenomenon driven by chaotic processes in the planet's outer core. Recent research suggests some reversals may have been missed, particularly ...