While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth's history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth’s mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades, defying reigning theories of how our planet came to be. In a new study ...

One of the strangest mysteries about our Earth is the presence of two dense, giant blobs inexplicably clustered above the planet's core. "These are not random oddities," says geodynamicist Yoshinori ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...