About Those About Strange, Massive Blobs Inside Planet Earth

Written by Anton Petrov et al

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A new video explores the strange phenomenon of LLSVPs, the strange blobs inside our planet. LLSVPs, or Large Low-Shear-Velocity Provinces, are massive structures of the lowermost mantle.

Within the mantle, there are two massive blob-like structures, roughly on opposite sides of the planet. The blobs, referred to as Large Low-Shear-Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs), are each the size of a continent and 100 times taller than Mt. Everest. One is under the African continent, while the other is under the Pacific Ocean. (See the video after the jump)

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Still No Sign Of A Ninth Planet

Written by livescience.com

Astronomers searching for our solar system’s elusive Planet Nine — a theoretical world that may lurk deep in a cloud of icy rocks far beyond the orbit of Neptune — have come up short once again.

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