A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

Both supercontinents formed over what is now the African domain A new study reveals that Earth's mantle is divided by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological scar reflecting the formation and ...

Beneath the Earth's surface lies a vast ocean, which is three times larger than all the oceans on the planet. However, it is ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...

These fragments of our surface do have a tendency to sink into Earth's mantle when they lose out in the plate-on-plate ...

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

A research team from the University of Göttingen and the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) has discovered ...

or zones where iron-rich rocks accumulate as a consequence of these mantle movements over billions of years” he notes. For ...

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet.

Potential patches of Earth's ancient crust, sometimes called "sunken worlds," may have just been discovered deep within the mantle, thanks to a new way of mapping the inside of our planet. However, ...