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Mesmerizing animation shows Earth's tectonic plates moving from 1.8 billion years ago to today
Rodinia, in turn, is formed by the break-up of an even older supercontinent called Nuna about 1.35 billion years ago. Among ...
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Earth is screaming through space at 1.3 million mph. A simple animation by a former NASA scientist shows what that looks like.
A simple animation created by planetary scientist James O'Donoghue puts the whole thing in perspective. "People often talk about how we are standing on a ball (Earth) which rotates at great speed ...
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Animated timeline of the Earth's history
The Earth is really, really old. Over 4 1/2 billion years old, in fact. How do we begin to comprehend a number that large? It helps to put it on a more fathomable scale. Watch to see where Earth's ...
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How plate tectonics will change Earth in 250 million years
Scotese studies how plate tectonics and a warming climate will change Earth's appearance in the future, and he has made multiple animated maps based from his research. For more animations from ...
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The moon has been drifting away from Earth for 4.5 billion years. A stunning animation shows how far it has gone.
"My animations were made to show as instantly ... creating a "tidal bulge" that stretches slightly towards the moon. In turn, Earth's tidal bulge exerts gravity on the moon. The Earth spins ...