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Over twenty years, Australian students passed an unassuming 5-foot-long rock in their school’s entrance hall without realizing its importance. In 2023, when paleontologist Anthony Romilio examined the approximately 200-million-year-old object, he first had to scrape off some discarded chewing gum from the sandstone surface before closely inspecting it. "I was doubtful, as one might put it, since it's typically not the spot where you search for fossils," Romilio commented regarding educational institutions. However, Romilio discovered 66 dinosaur tracks on the boulder, which spans roughly 10 square feet, indicating one of the densest collections of dinosaur prints ever recorded in Australia, as stated in a study released this month in the journal. Historical Biology journal Forty-seven dinosaurs crossed over the boulder throughout their lives, with the rock being submerged under shallow water, providing clues about dinosaurs in the Early Jurassic era, a time for...

In 2024, researchers grabbed attention when they discovered substantial quantities of water within a stratum of Mars' crust. This particular layer resides between 11.5 to 20 kilometers beneath the planet’s surface and has an approximate thickness of 1-2 kilometers. These discoveries have now received additional support through a fresh investigation conducted by Japanese scientists. By leveraging seismic information obtained from NASA’s InSight mission, scientists Ikuo Katayama at Hiroshima University and Yuya Akamatsu at the Research Institute for Marine Geodynamics have discovered significant indications of water concealed beneath Mars' surface. numerous research papers indicate the existence of water on early Mars billions of years back,"Katayama stated."However,our model suggests that liquid water can be found on current-day Mars as well. Tuning into the Heartbeat of Mars Similar to the earlier research conducted by American scientists, this lates...