Scientists have discovered two giant mystery structures lurking under the Earth's surface ...

The new map highlights six regions that had been poorly sampled by PKP precursor studies and now appear to be promising ...

The Earth does not hide a proven “second core“, but seismological data show that its interior is much more complex than the ...

Far below your feet, nearly 1,800 miles beneath oceans and continents, Earth carries two massive scars from its violent youth. They are so large they rival continents in size, yet no human will ever ...

The illustration shows a cutaway revealing the interior of early Earth with a hot, melted layer above the boundary between the core and mantle. Scientists think some material from the core leaked into ...

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused by mantle plumes that rise from shifting underground mountains deep within ...

Strange structures discovered in the Pacific could change our understanding of Earth ...

The Earth has a shell-like structure. It is divided into a core (inner and outer core), a mantle (lower and upper mantle, separated by a transition zone), and the earth's crust. You are free to share ...

The Earth Dynamics Geodetic Explorer, or EDGE, will map the Earth’s topography, vegetation, ice and coastal regions with unprecedented 3D detail. Set to launch in 2030, the new satellite will provide ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that ...