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The planet’s rotation fluctuates as it travels around the sun, and measurements suggest we’re losing more than a millisecond ...
Researchers have recreated the tumultuous beginnings of Earth, simulating what the planet was like just after its formation 4 ...
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 ...
On July 9, 2025, scientists at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) reported that the Earth ...
Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...
A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than previously thought ...
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.
Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...
Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.
They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...
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 ...