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

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

Delamination could also play a role in seismic activity and volcanic processes, as the sinking crust interacts with molten material in the mantle. These insights have the potential to improve ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Learn how forces deep underground generate a protective bubble between us and space.

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

A new study finds that ocean acidity may have prevented life on Earth from developing for the planet’s first 500 million ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

Mars' crust, which sits on top of a mantle of molten rock similar to the one inside Earth, is also thicker in the southern highlands. This planetary imbalance is known as the "Martian dichotomy." ...