🌊 Major Pacific Coast Earthquake Has 15% Chance in 50 Years

Researchers at Virginia Tech warn there is a 15% chance a magnitude-8.0-plus quake will strike the Cascadia Subduction Zone within 50 years.

Their study says such a quake could unleash 1,000-foot waves that reach Seattle and Portland in minutes, far exceeding current hazard maps and underscoring the need for stronger evacuation plans and coastal defenses.

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☄️ Meteorite Older Than Earth Slams Into Atlanta Home

On June 26, a meteorite streaked across the sky and smashed into an Atlanta living room.

Scientists analyzed the stone and discovered it is a 4.56-billion-year-old chondrite, making it older than Earth itself. They believe it originated from an asteroid that broke apart between Mars and Jupiter approximately 470 million years ago.

Researchers say the meteorite was about twice the size of a 50-caliber shell and traveled at least 1 kilometer per second.

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🧬 Scientists Solve Key Mystery of How Life Began on Earth

Scientists at University College London have demonstrated how peptides could have spontaneously formed on early Earth four billion years ago through the marriage of RNA molecules and sulfur compounds, potentially solving one of biology's most enduring mysteries about the origin of life.

The breakthrough research, published Wednesday in Nature by Professor Matthew Powner's team, shows for the first time how amino acids can naturally attach to RNA under conditions that likely existed on primordial Earth. This achievement bridges decades of scientific work attempting to understand how life's two fundamental components first came together.

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