The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

This study in particular was fueled by new geological features in Sicily that added more insight ... According to Gizmodo, the Messinian Salinity Crisis hurt the Mediterranean Sea as it was cut off ...

Now, a new study finds evidence of this flood in ridges along the Sicily Sill and in channels that likely formed from this sudden and powerful deluge. Ages, epochs, periods, and even eras are often ...

Uncover the Zanclean Megaflood, a catastrophic event 5 million years ago that dramatically reshaped the Mediterranean, ...

leaving lasting imprints on the geological record," he added. Until recently, scientists believed that the dry period of the Messinian salinity crisis ended gradually over a period of 10,000 years.

This event, which ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, altered the geological and environmental makeup of the region, leaving lasting imprints that challenge previous theories about gradual changes. A ...

This layer of debris marks the geological boundary between the Messinian Salinity Crisis and the Zanclean, allowing researchers to see exactly when the megaflood occurred. “They reveal the immense ...

This layer is right at the boundary between the Messinian and Zanclean periods when the megaflood is believed to have occurred. Using seismic reflection data -- a kind of geological ultrasound ...

The study suggests the Zanclean Megaflood ended the Messinian Salinity Crisis, which lasted between 5.97 and 5.33 million years ago. An international team of scientists, including the University of ...

The conflict between Israel and Hamas would pause from January 19 as a ceasefire deal was signed between them on Wednesday, bringing a possible end to a devastating 15-month conflict. The hostilities ...

Palestinians celebrate at their camp for people displaced by conflict at Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on January 15, 2025. AFP After 15 months in intense conflict and more than 46,000 ...