Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

The Earth has a layered structure made up of crust, mantle, outer core and inner core. Find out more in this BBC Bitesize guide for students aged 11-14.

The Earth’s interior is far more complex than what we are taught in school. Instead of just three layers- crust, mantle, and core- the Earth is made up of multiple intricate layers, each with ...

Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle layer under growing mountain ranges. This odd process, called lithospheric dripping, has been proposed to occur under the Andes, in Central Asia, in the U ...

The first layer is the crust, a thin outer shell that extends about 18 miles (30 km) below the planet's surface. ... A diagram showing the different layers of Earth's atmosphere.

A previously unknown layer of partially molten rock has been detected beneath Earth’s crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the motions of Earth’s tectonic plates.

The Earth with the upper mantle exposed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock approximately 100 miles beneath the Earth's ...

A previously unknown layer of partially molten rock has been detected beneath Earth’s crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the motions of Earth’s tectonic plates.

Researchers have detected a previously unknown layer of partially molten rock beneath Earth's crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the movements of Earth's tectonic plates ...