Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Few other scientific drilling ships exist – and none of this caliber. There is Japan’s Chikyū with a maximum drilling depth of 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and there was the US-owned JOIDES Resolution ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

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Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

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Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, researchers have uncovered striking new evidence of ancient seafloor buried for millions of ...

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These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...