Barnard's Star is a small, dim star of the type that astronomers call red dwarfs. Consequently, even though it is one of the ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than scientists thought.

Earth appears to be a chill blue planet, but deep down, it’s really a metalhead. Its outer core is mostly molten iron (and ...

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Scientists confirm the Moon has a solid iron core, like Earth’s, with a molten outer layer. This discovery reshapes our ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

"The molten ... science fiction," Vidale said to CNN, because it is "so different from our day-to-day lives, with different timescales, different materials and incredible forces." Earth's core ...

This mantle is constantly in motion due to the heat from the deeper part of the earth. One result is that the heated ...

The outside of Earth's core is made from molten nickel and iron that can reach ... Marilyn Perkins is the content manager at Live Science. She is a science writer and illustrator based in Los ...

NASA’s Juno spacecraft identifies over 40 enormous lava lakes on Io, shedding light on the extreme volcanism sculpting Jupiter’s moon.

We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.