Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently than previously assumed. This indicates the presence of zones of rocks that ...

Geologists discover a mysterious subduction zone deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, reshaping our understanding of Earth's interior. University of Maryland scientists uncovered evidence of an ancient ...

A new study adds evidence to the idea that Earth's inner core is slowing its spin, though still rotating in the same direction as the planet. KATERYNA KON / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images The ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 1 (Reuters) - Seismologists have recognized since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth's mantle, one under Africa and the other under ...

UNLV geochemists have discovered a new mineral on the surface of the Earth. There’s just one catch: it shouldn’t be here. The mineral — entrapped in a diamond — traveled up to the surface from at ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is composed of several layers held together by intense forces of gravity. Our ...

Wednesday March 26, TORONTO – New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of the earth’s formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in ...

Please join the Lowell Center for Space Science and Technology on Thursday, May 1 at 11 a.m. for the seminar "What lies beneath Europa’s ice shell: linking interior structure to ocean circulation and ...

University of Maryland geologists discover a mysterious subduction zone deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, reshaping our understanding of Earth’s interior. University of Maryland scientists uncovered ...