Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

The Earth’s mantle, a massive layer of rock beneath the crust, is the “engine” of plate tectonics. Stretching nearly 2,900 kilometers deep, it shapes much of the planet’s geology and ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

Both supercontinents formed over what is now the African domain A new study reveals that Earth's mantle is divided by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological scar reflecting the formation and ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

According to scientists from the California Institute of Technology and Swiss research university ETH Zurich, a new method for analyzing the Earth’s mantle — the layer below the crust and abov ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered more information about two huge 'islands' that are hidden beneath the Earth's surface. Found deep in the mantle, more than 1,000 miles underground, they are the size of a ...