A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...
Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...
Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...
Using high-resolution models to study the Earth's mantle, scientists have identified zones of rocks in the lower mantle layer ...
These fragments of our surface do have a tendency to sink into Earth's mantle when they lose out in the plate-on-plate ...
A team of geophysicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a baffling discovery while analyzing earthquake waves to ...
Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...
Long-lost remnants of tectonic plates have been discovered sunken deep inside the Earth's mantle. These plate remains were found lurking underneath the center of other continental plates ...
Understanding Earth’s structure is key to unlocking its internal dynamics. Seismic tomography shows faster-than-normal wave ...
Related: A 'protoplanet' that created the moon may be hiding deep inside Earth There are other potential explanations for the newly mapped blobs. For example, they may be made of crust-like material ...