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A Rock Dragged 90 Km Into Earth Came Back With a Temperature Story That Breaks The Models
Scientists have discovered a mysterious rock in eastern Papua New Guinea that traveled to the underworld roughly 4.4 million years ago.
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Scientists have discovered a mysterious rock in eastern Papua New Guinea that traveled to the underworld roughly 4.4 million years ago. As the rock journeyed deeper into our planet's interior, pushed by the forces of a subduction zone, its temperature did not do what scientists expected.
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