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Scientists simulate what the first days of early Earth were really like

Scientists simulate what the first days of early Earth were really like

Earth started out as a ball of liquid fire, its newborn surface closer to a lava lamp than the calm continents we know today. Those incandescent beginnings happened 4.5 billion years ago, yet the evidence is buried miles beneath our feet where direct sampling is impossible. A new computer model of the infant planet’s mantle says the rock we stand on …

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