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In the early chaos of planetary formation, before crusts cooled or atmospheres settled, water might already have been ...

Earth held a deep ocean of magma beneath its surface in its early history, new research finds, potentially explaining odd anomalies seen in the mantle today. This basal magma ocean has been hotly ...