Is it possible to dig all the way through the Earth to the other side?

There’s a lot of hot rock in the way, and sooner or later your hole would collapse.

Andrew Gase, Assistant Professor of Geoscience, Boise State University • conversation
Nov. 25, 2024 ~7 min

What causes earthquakes in the Northeast, like the magnitude 4.8 that shook New Jersey? A geoscientist explains

The earthquake, one of New Jersey’s largest on record, could be felt from Maryland to Boston. But don’t read too much into it.

Gary Solar, Professor of Geosciences, Buffalo State, The State University of New York • conversation
April 5, 2024 ~4 min


Meteorites from Mars contain clues about the red planet's geology

Martian meteorites allow scientists here on Earth to decode that planet's geology, more than a decade before the first missions are scheduled to bring rocks back home from Mars.

Arya Udry, Assistant Professor of Igneous Petrology, Planetary Science, University of Nevada, Las Vegas • conversation
June 16, 2020 ~6 min

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