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Scientists provide an explanation for the strange asymmetry between the moon’s near and far side
The clues are linked to an important property of KREEP, a type of rock signature known on Earth only from moon-meteorites
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First comprehensive map of rockfalls on the moon
Also on our cosmic neighbor boulders or blocks of stone travel downslope, but mostly as a result of impacts of asteroids
NASA observes large Saharan dust plume over Atlantic ocean
Each year, hundreds of millions of tons of sand particles are blown across the Atlantic Ocean and help build beaches in the Caribbean and fertilize soils in the Amazon
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It was an explosive release of gas, mostly methane, from the permafrost that formed a 20 m wide and 20 m deep crater in northern Russia, researchers from Skoltech have found
Eclipse data illuminate mysteries of Sun’s corona
Scientists at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyze our star’s outermost atmosphere to quantify the structure of its magnetic field and its 11-year cycles
The renovation of the Arkadenhof of the Vienna City Hall was awarded one of the Austrian stonemasons’ monument prizes
The play of colours of the natural stones on the facades was made visible again and a variety of ornaments and figures were renovated
Tropical thunderstorm again causes damage to the Taj Mahal
A part of the marble railing on the roof and 2 sandstone minarets were torn away by winds with over 120 kilometers per hour
The recently discovered impact crater in Greenland under the Hiawatha glacier was created less than 3 million years ago and thus is the youngest such structure on Earth
An international team of scientists could roughly date the impact by analyzing organic matter like cellular structures of the charred wood recovered in outwash from the ice
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“Artemis Déjà vu” is the name the Chinese company Xiamen Black White Stone has given its collection of consumer items made of or with natural stone
Austria’s stonemasons award their prize for modern gravestones with “individual and personal design”
The craftsmen want to get away from being only dealers and installers for stone products prefabricated in Asia
A tool for Covid-19 times: “Isola” can help to control access and sanitize people and objects that pass through it
Italian Faram 1957 company comes out with a box to facilitate business life / After the crisis, it may be transformed into a telephone booth
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The Big Stone River in Taganai Park in the southern Urals in Russia is a long field of large boulders that runs through the dense forest