Water Worlds Could Have Mind-Bogglingly Deep Oceans, New Models Suggest
We're talking oceans that are hundreds, even thousands, of kilometres deep.
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We're talking oceans that are hundreds, even thousands, of kilometres deep.
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For the authors of the new study, this finding drives home two primary messages.
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For the first time ever, a single LED can now change colour all by itself rather than needing multiple LEDs to do the job.
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"We have only scratched the surface on learning about these sharks."
Would dinosaurs, in some form or another, still exist today? More importantly, would we exist?
