An international research collaboration has harnessed supercomputing power to better understand how massive slabs of ancient ocean floors are shaped as they sink hundreds of kilometres below the Earth ...

Their findings could shed more light on the layers that make up the Earth and how they are interconnected, coauthor and ...

It is now thought that the source of this anomaly was a phase transition in which one mineral’s structure was altered.

Seemingly contradictory materials are trapped together in two glittering diamonds from South Africa, shedding light on how ...

Scientists found that carbon enabled Earth’s core to solidify. Without it, the inner core may not exist. A team of scientists from the, University of Leeds, and University College London has uncovered ...

Scientists have discovered a significant mass shift deep within the Earth's core-mantle boundary, potentially altering our understanding of the planet's internal structure.

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...

Hidden barrier found 400 miles inside Venus that blocks rising hot rock and creates ring-shaped volcanic features called ...

New lunar samples from the far side reveal it formed from cooler magma than the near side, confirming the Moon’s interior is ...

Two recent studies used seismic data from NASA's retired InSight mission to shed light on what lies beneath Mars’ surface and ...

New research suggests that the interior of the Moon’s far side may be colder than the side constantly facing Earth, adding ...

NASA's GRACE satellite detected a large gravity anomaly over the Atlantic Ocean. Meanwhile, Earth-based observatories saw a ...