Neptune is called an “ice giant” because it’s mostly made of a thick, slushy mix of water, methane, and ammonia, which ...

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

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, convective flows in the mantle itself ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

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

Scientists have detected deep pulses in the Earth beneath Africa – and it could tear the continent apart. The pulses are made ...

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 ...

Earth Earth’s mantle may have hidden plumes venting heat from its core A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s ...

Earth is full of surprising secrets that sometimes seem like they belong in science fiction stories. From strange natural events to hidden places deep underground or in the oceans, many facts ...