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Scientists Discover Giant Mountains 100 Times Taller Than Everest Beneath Earth's Surface

Scientists Discover Giant Mountains 100 Times Taller Than Everest Beneath Earth's Surface
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  • Scientists found two huge 'mountains' beneath Earth's surface.
  • These structures, LLSVPs, sit 1,200 miles underground near the Earth's core.
  • LLSVPs slow seismic waves, indicating they are hotter and have a large grain structure.
  • Research suggests LLSVPs might be from a planet called Theia, which hit Earth.
  • This discovery challenges the idea of the mantle being in constant motion.
  • LLSVPs lie beneath Africa and the Pacific, critical for Earth's geological history.
  • Findings imply Theian materials form roughly 2% of Earth's mass in these regions.
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