We're still discovering new stars, galaxies, and even planets in space, but it turns out there are lots of mysteries still to uncover right here on earth, too.
A new discovery underneath the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean has revealed a hidden continent that has been lost for over 200 million years, according to CNN.
The continent, handily titled "Mauritia," was uncovered by a South Africa University research team who concluded that rocks found on Mauritius were far too old to have originated from the island.
The team were analysing zircon, a mineral found in rocks formed during volcanic eruptions.
Lewis Ashwal, lead author of the paper which was published in Nature Communications, explained:
"Mauritius is an island, and there is no rock older than 9 million years old on the island. However, by studying the rocks on the island, we have found zircons that are as old as 3 billion years."
As such, the researchers claim that this points to "the existence of ancient continental crust beneath Mauritius."
The lost continent was believed to have been formed when super-continent Gondwanaland split, also creating Australia, Africa, South America, Antartica, and India.
Of course, this continent is likely to be lost forever, but it's still pretty cool knowing it exists.
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This article originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.co.uk. Minor edits have been made by the Cosmo.ph editors.