In May 2023, scientists achieved a significant milestone by drilling the deepest core ever into the Earth's mantle, recovering serpentinized peridotite—a rock altered when saltwater interacts with mantle material. This core was extracted 800 meters south of the Lost City hydrothermal field on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, using the JOIDES Resolution, a 470-foot research vessel funded … [Read more...] about Scientists Drilled So Deep Into the Center of the Earth, They Knocked on the Mantle’s Door
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When A Man Knocked Down The Wall of His Basement, He Found an Ancient Underground City That Could Accommodate 20,000 People
In 1963, a man in the Turkish province of Nevşehir tore down a basement wall and found a massive underground metropolis. According to accounts from the period, the guy sledgehammered his wall and discovered a tunnel behind it, followed by further tunnels. Later exploration would find it to be an 18-story-deep underground city with chapels, schools, and stables. The … [Read more...] about When A Man Knocked Down The Wall of His Basement, He Found an Ancient Underground City That Could Accommodate 20,000 People