Geologists discovered "gigantic fortresses" under the Earth's crust, which have provided insight into the workings of the ...

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

While many science books would have you believe the Earth’s lower mantle—the layer deep below the crust—is smooth, it’s actually made up of a mountainous-like … The post Volcanic eruptions may be ...

Geologists recently unveiled groundbreaking seismic evidence of massive, ancient “fortresses” located nearly 1,800 miles ...

When scorching columns of rock, known as deep mantle plumes, first rise from depths of nearly 3,000 kilometers (almost 2,000 ...

Viscosity jump in Earth's mid-mantle. Science , December 11, 2015 DOI: 10.1126/science.aad1929 Maxim Ballmer, Nicholas Schmerr, Takashi Nakagawa and Jeroen Ritsema.

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

Scientists discover that large amounts of nitrogen could be hidden in the Earth's metallic core, which would solve a ...

This "virtual Earth" is the first computer model that "views" the crust and mantle as an interconnected, dynamic system, the researchers reported Oct. 30 in the journal Science Advances.

Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

Scientists use Earth's mantle to hunt for new particles, such as the unparticle, which may be tied to a new fundamental force of nature. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu ...