Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

A gold reservoir is hidden in Earth's core and it's leaking into the mantle, says new study A new study claims that Earth is ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found. The elements emerge when ocean islands form.

Over a thousand miles from the surface, in Earth’s D” layer—right on the edge of the liquid metal outer core—there is a weird ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

While it's unlikely the deep-buried treasure chest will ever be cracked open, scientists call the discovery significant.

A phase change in post-perovskite materials at the so-called D” discontinuity is also evidence for long-predicted slow, convective flows in the mantle itself ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence that precious metals like gold are leaking from Earth’s core into the mantle, ultimately ...

While ¹⁰⁰Ru does exist in Earth’s mantle, it’s slightly more abundant inside of the core—alongside 99.999 percent of the planet’s gold and other precious metals.