Lava around the world may come from the same magma ancestor deep in Earth's middle layer, new research finds.The study suggests that...
Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle layer under growing mountain ranges.This odd process, called lithospheric dripping, has been...
Scientists have discovered the "fossilized fingerprint" of a chunk of seafloor that was hiding beneath the Pacific Ocean in Earth's...
Mysterious zones in the deep mantle where earthquake waves slow to a crawl may actually be everywhere, new research finds.Scientists...
WASHINGTON: Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating...
Researchers have drilled the deepest-ever sample of rocks from Earth's mantle, penetrating 0.7 mile (1.2 kilometers) in the Mid-Atlantic...
High plateaus rise in the interior of continents thanks to churning deep inside Earth hundreds of miles from where they eventually...
Brilliant-blue sapphires look like bits of sky brought down to Earth — but a new study finds these gemstones are from a different...
On 8 September 2023, a magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck western Morocco, causing damage and destruction that claimed...
