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Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age, new study suggests

Earth underwent a massive, rapid melting period after the last global ice age, new study suggests

Credit: CC0 Public Domain At the end of the last global ice age, the deep-frozen Earth reached a built-in limit of climate change and thawed into a slushy planet. Results from a Virginia Tech-led study provide the first direct geochemical evidence of the slushy planet—otherwise known as the “plumeworld ocean” era—when sky-high carbon dioxide levels … Read more

Blue Origin hauls massive New Glenn 1st stage to launch site with hot fire up next

Blue Origin hauls massive New Glenn 1st stage to launch site with hot fire up next

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Blue Origin hauled the immense first stage booster for its upcoming debut launch of its New Glenn rocket to Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on October 30th. Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp posted images to social media showing the 188-foot-long first stage with its seven BE-4 engines wrapped up in coverings … Read more