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

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

Learn more about BLOBS, mantel plumes 1,500 miles into Earth's mantel that contribute to massive volcanic eruptions on the ...

Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

A new study corrects the recorded depth of an earthquake in Japan, revealing that it was not the deepest in history.

Geologists recently unveiled groundbreaking seismic evidence of massive, ancient “fortresses” located nearly 1,800 miles ...

A rare Martian meteorite has revealed complex volcanic processes and mantle heterogeneity on Mars, offering new clues to the ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

Earth’s continents may look fixed on a globe, but they’ve been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years – and ...

Wu Fuyuan, an academician of the CAS and a corresponding author of the study, said the moon displays an asymmetry between its ...