Do the remains of an ancient planet lie deep within Earth? | S26E133

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The Space News Podcast.
SpaceTime Series 26 Episode 133
*Do the remains of an ancient planet lie deep within Earth
Back in the 1980s, geophysicists discovered two continent-sized blobs of unusual material buried deep within the Earth’s mantle. Now, a new study reported in the journal Nature suggests that they’re the remnants of the ancient planet Theia which collided with Earth four and a half billion years ago creating the Moon.
*Lucy’s first asteroid encounter discovers a new moonlet
NASA's Lucy spacecraft has just completed its first asteroid encounter flying by the small main belt asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh – discovering that it’s a binary.
*Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago
Venus, may have once had tectonic plate movements similar to those believed to have occurred on early Earth.
*The Science Report
A new study has found a link between cell phone usage and semen quality.
Warnings that the impacts of marine heatwaves on marine life may be worse deep down in our oceans.
The 2022 Hunga-Tonga Hunga-Ha'apai volcanic eruption depleted 5% of the ozone layer.
Skeptics guide to another finding bigfoot claim

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