as in heated
melted by heat
molten metal molten lava
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Read More: The Hidden Layers of Earth and Tectonic Plate Movements
Deciphering Venus’ Surface
On Earth, large pieces of crust floating on molten rock – known as tectonic plates – are constantly shifting and recreating the planet’s surface.
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
From molten lava to cracked concrete, alien metals to deepwater algae, no two keys are alike.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Its oldest crystals formed 4.51 billion years ago from the stream of molten matter that got blasted off Earth by a giant impact event.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
That change in pressure triggered the mantle rocks to melt—and created the molten reservoir that fueled the Virginia eruptions.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
From molten lava to cracked concrete, alien metals to deepwater algae, no two keys are alike.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
Its oldest crystals formed 4.51 billion years ago from the stream of molten matter that got blasted off Earth by a giant impact event.
—Robin George Andrews, Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025
That change in pressure triggered the mantle rocks to melt—and created the molten reservoir that fueled the Virginia eruptions.
—Alexandra Witze, JSTOR Daily, 24 Apr. 2025
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The topic garnered passionate and heated discourse from council members and the mayor. City Council member Cheryl Littlejohn took to the podium during the public comment period to give a speech expressing her own disappointment and frustration about the policy and city operations.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
22 May 2025
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Lanez is serving a 10-year sentence in prison after being convicted on three felony counts for shooting Megan Thee Stallion during a heated dispute outside a Hollywood Hills party in July 2020.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
21 May 2025
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Mafic igneous rock is a material rich in specific minerals that forms when magma cools.—
Kate S. Petersen,
USA TODAY,
21 Feb. 2025
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The park’s seven-acre boulder field contains piles of large diabase (an igneous rock) stones formed some 175 million years ago that sound like bells when hit with a hammer.—
Emily Matchar,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Jan. 2025
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One idea is that about a million years after the Big Bang, the universe cooled and underwent a phase transition, an event similar to how boiling water turns liquid into gas.—
Yasemin Saplakoglu,
Scientific American,
3 Mar. 2020
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If candy is still stuck on, pour more boiling water over whatever hasn’t come clean.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Dec. 2019
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Alex Brandon/Associated Press What To Know Aircraft and missiles emit strong thermal radiation, created by superheated components such as exhaust nozzles, which raises the risk of detection.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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The Vesuvius researchers conclude that the victim’s body underwent a similar process when a superheated but short-lived ash cloud enveloped Herculaneum, leaving structures intact but killing residents by the thousands in the first deadly event following the eruption.—
Leslie Katz,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Kennedy Center director Richard Grenell has now delivered a seething response to the performers’ plan.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
8 May 2025
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Among the productions strengths is Jake Gyllenhaal’s seething Iago, one of Shakespeare’s greatest villains.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Sep. 2019
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This year’s guest list highlighted a healthy contingent of first-time attendees, expanding the who’s who of the night to include a variety of A-list athletes and Bollywood stars, as well as the castmembers of The White Lotus‘ white-hot third season.—
Laurie Brookins,
HollywoodReporter,
12 May 2025
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Jin’s crescendo of bitterness had reached its peak and found a white-hot fury.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
6 May 2025
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Peña said that because the physical changes to the third floor will be minimal, the new flea market should be open in the next couple of weeks — just in time to avoid Miami’s searing summer heat and sudden thunderstorms.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
21 May 2025
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Pyroclastic clouds, or a dense mixture of ash, gas and rock dispersed during a volcanic eruption, caused a searing, rapid avalanche of debris to fill the home, Zuchtriegel said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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In between walking red carpets and attending charity events together, the pair welcomed two children, daughters Evangeline Ruth and Elijah.—
Ellie Beeck,
Peoplemag,
6 Feb. 2023
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Music’s biggest night returns to Los Angeles on Sunday, and along with it, one of Hollywood’s grandest red carpets.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2023
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