New model will help find Earth-like Exoplanets
Newly categorised 'eggshell planets' have ultra-thin crusts too thin to sustain tectonics and will be hostile to life, says new research.
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Scots role in hazardous volcano warning
CAPTION: The increasingly dangerous volcano in Montserrat is to be further investigated.
St Andrews geoscientist at top rock awards
CAPTION - Dr Alsop examining deformed marble near Carrara, northern Italy.
How did the earth move?
CAPTION: "Rocks forming the Scottish mainland may have moved hundreds of km towards the ancient crust of the Outer Hebrides to create a huge range of Caledonian Mountains 420 million years ago"