Deep inside Earth, far below the crust and mantle we learn about in school, scientists are mapping strange, continent-sized structures that appear to shape everything from volcanic hotspots to the ...

Far below your feet, nearly 1,800 miles beneath oceans and continents, Earth carries two massive scars from its violent youth. They are so large they rival continents in size, yet no human will ever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A representation of the underground imaging used in the study. (Edward Garnero and Mingming Li/Arizona State University) The ...

Newswise — For decades, scientists have been baffled by two enormous, enigmatic structures buried deep inside Earth with features so vast and unusual that they defy conventional models of planetary ...

A battle of forces, driven by the motion of Earth’s core, can explain small variations in the planet’s rotation, study finds.

An international research team may have found an explanation for seismic anomalies, the noticeable deviations in the behavior of earthquake waves, in Earth's inner core. A team led by scientists from ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A new study analyzing decades of seismogram data shows that physical changes can ...

The findings suggest that hydrogen—a key component of water—has been leaking from the planet’s metallic core into the lowest layer of the mantle, eventually influencing the composition of volcanic ...

Earth cross section showing the classic distinction between crust, mantle and core. But new research shows Earth's structure is far more complicated and may change over time. Analyzing an unusual ...