Two strange blobs discovered deep within the Earth are the remains of the long-lost ancient planet that contributed to the moon's creation.
Unusual material discovered deep within the center of the Earth are the remains of an ancient planet that collided with Earth billions of years ago, scientists have found.The blobs of strange material—known as large low-velocity provinces —were first discovered by geophysicists in the 1980s, who, at the time, had no idea what they were. Found under Africa and the Pacific Ocean, each blob is made up of different elements and is twice the size of the moon.
'Right after Mikhail had said that no one knows where the impactor is now, I had a 'eureka moment' and realized that the iron-rich impactor could have transformed into mantle blobs,' Yuan said in a release detailing the study's findings.The LLVPs were first discovered in the 1980s through the measurement of seismic waves. Scientists discovered that the pattern within the Earth's deepest mantle was different.
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