A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Seismic imaging has revealed two colossal regions deep within Earth’s mantle that could reshape our understanding of the planet's composition and history. These continent-sized anomalies, known as ...

Seismic waves suggest the planet's solid inner core is being pulled out of shape – and it has undergone these changes over ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

Now, seismologists have found new clues about their composition that could upend our understanding of the whole planet's ...

Researchers have discovered a 'highway' beneath the surface of Mars with the assistance of AI after an analysis of Mars ...

At the center of our planet is a very hot rotating ball of mostly iron and nickel (sorry Journey to the Center of the Earth ...

The mantle, a zone between our planet’s thin crust and the molten core, features 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) of mostly solid rock, with a consistency like thickened caramel that scientists ...