Buried more than 3,000 miles beneath our feet, Earth’s solid inner core was once thought to be unchanging—locked in place at ...

It’s not much of a stretch to say that Earth’s inner structure, especially the innermost spherical core, has stupefied ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

The mantle is the region between Earth’s core and crust. The fact that the isotope can still be found in rock and magma suggests that it must have somehow become trapped in the Earth. “This argument ...

Where the Earth’s core meets the mantle, there are two giant regions that have baffled geologists for fifty years. A new piece of the puzzle has now emerged with the discovery that they have ...

The Keeble Observatory at Randolph-Macon College holds weekly public viewing during spring semester. Check their website ( or ...

Deep inside the mantle (the layer between Earth's iron core and its silica-dominated crust), there are vast areas beneath the Pacific Ocean and the African continent where seismic waves travel ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long-standing debate over how our planet formed.

Deep inside the mantle (the layer between Earth's iron core and its silica-dominated crust), there are vast areas beneath the Pacific Ocean and the African continent where seismic waves travel ...