On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...

Is Earth's inner core solid or liquid? While the inner core is extremely hot, experts have known that it is solid for many ...

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 receiving some very valuable gifts from deep under the surface. Analysis of ...

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

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

Earth’s core holds key information about Earth’s formation and evolution, and it contributes to massive planetary process such as plate tectonics and geomagnetism.

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.

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 ...

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

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

The strength of Earth’s magnetic field and the amount of oxygen in its atmosphere seem to be correlated—and scientists want to know why ...