How geologists reveal the secrets of the Solar System – Deccan Herald

Of all the sciences, astronomy has shed particularly brilliant light on our place in the universe. But it is not well-known that much of our understanding of outer space comes from a different discipline altogether: geology. Ask somebody to name a tool that we use to uncover the secrets of the cosmos, and theyll likely say telescope rather than microscope or rock hammer.
But if you think about it, pretty much anything we can get our hands on that comes from outer space is a rock. Yes, scraps of…

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