Breaking News

Tag Archives: Underground

Mysterious underground ‘hot blob’ moving towards New York? Scientists puzzled

Mysterious underground ‘hot blob’ moving towards New York? Scientists puzzled

A mysterious ‘hot blob’ is moving towards New York City, leaving scientists puzzled. UK scientists have found a massive ‘blob’ of rock under the Appalachian mountains, and it is headed towards the Big Apple, a study published in the journal Geology claimed. The ‘hot blob’ heading towards NYC was originally thought to have formed 180 million years ago, when North …

Read More »

How Cosmic Rays Could Make Life Possible Underground

How Cosmic Rays Could Make Life Possible Underground

In an exciting new development in astrobiology, researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi have proposed that life could potentially thrive beneath the surface of Mars, as well as other planets and moons, using high-energy cosmic rays from space. How Cosmic Rays Support Life The concept of radiolysis, the process that occurs when cosmic rays break apart water molecules, is at the …

Read More »

Gov. Lee, The Boring Company Unveil Transformative Underground Music City Loop Project – Tennessee State Government (.gov)

Gov. Lee, The Boring Company Unveil Transformative Underground Music City Loop Project  Tennessee State Government (.gov) Musk’s Boring Company unveils Music City Loop tunnel project for Nashville  Axios Elon Musk’s Boring Company announces Music City Loop project connecting airport, downtown Nashville  WSMV Tunnel proposal from Musk’s Boring Company aims to connect downtown Nashville and BNA airport  WPLN News Elon Musk to install ‘Music City …

Read More »

Gigantic ‘fortresses’ found deep underground in Earth’s mantle

Gigantic ‘fortresses’ found deep underground in Earth’s mantle

Geologists have stumbled on what they call gigantic fortresses lying almost 1,800 miles below our feet in Earth’s mantle. New seismic evidence shows how these subterranean bulwarks are older and tougher than the cooler debris of dead ocean plates that surround them, turning a long‑running mystery into a concrete data story. Each fortress spans an area comparable to …

Read More »

Massive Underground Blobs May Tell Us Where the Next Mass Extinction Could Start

Massive Underground Blobs May Tell Us Where the Next Mass Extinction Could Start

“Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links.” Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Volcanoes are responsible for some of the greatest bouts of biological devastation in Earth’s history. A new study aims to determine whether giant volcanic eruptions are related to BLOBS—mobile basal structures related to well-known large low-shear-velocity …

Read More »