Despite seeming like a relatively stable place, the Earth's surface has changed dramatically over the past 4.6 billion years. Mountains have been built and eroded, continents and oceans have moved ...
Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. A research team from the Helmholtz-Zentrum ...
A new technique for dating fossils based on uranium's radioactive properties could mean that palaeontologists will have to revise their theories on the end of the dinosaurs. A new technique for dating ...