The research revealed that Earth’s first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, likely had chemical features similar to those of today’s continental crust. The finding challenged widely held ...

A recent study in Nature Geoscience points to changes that started around 2010, suggesting Earth’s inner core’s spin was ...

A newly found super-Earth could help provide answers as to why there are hardly any planets twice the diameter of Earth.

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

Earth's core has been a growing topic of interest. It is responsible for the planet's magnetic field, which protects life from the sun's radiation. Despite its importance, there is still much that ...

Then there's the question of what actually lies at Jupiter's core. Magnetic field data from the Juno spacecraft suggest that the planet's core is surprisingly large and seems to be made of a ...

Each up to 559 miles tall and thousands of miles wide—and together covering some 25 percent of the surface of our planet's core ... A seismic model showing the African LLVP.

At the planet's heart lies the inner core, a solid sphere of iron and nickel that's 759 miles wide and as hot as 9,800 degrees Fahrenheit. The inner core is surrounded by the outer core ...