A recent groundbreaking scientific expedition has pierced deeper into the Earth’s mantle than ever before, offering unprecedented insights into the planet’s geology. The findings, detailed in a study ...

The finding could explain the long-running mystery of why the surfaces of the lunar near and far sides are so different.

The largest volcanoes in Earth’s history owe their formation to powerful geological phenomena called mantle plumes—upwellings of abnormally hot rock within the Earth’s mantle that rise toward the ...

Aboard the Joides Resolution research vessel, team members process samples of mantle rock recovered from a more than 4,100ft-deep hole drilled into the seabed of the North Atlantic (Lesley ...

A hidden tectonic tear may be splitting the Indian Plate from within. New seismic and isotope data suggest a vertical ...

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A tiny glass bead retrieved by China's Chang'e-5 lunar mission is offering scientists a glimpse into the moon's hidden depths and providing insight into the violent forces that helped shape the ...

If you want to understand the geology of our home planet, studying the mantle is a great place to start. Separating the planet’s rocky crust and the molten outer core, the mantle makes up 70 per ...

Barbara John, left, a professor in the UW Department of Geology and Geophysics, and Frieder Klein, from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, describe core hosting some of the mantle rocks recovered ...

This in turn affects big-picture geology, such as plate tectonics and volcanic activity. For example, water could contribute to the development of areas of mantle upwelling known as plumes ...

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