Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

Geophysicists find areas that resemble the results of tectonic plate collisions — far from any area of such activity.

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the ...

MOUNT Everest has long been considered the tallest mountain on Earth, but new research reveals it might not even come close.

Their existence contradicts the common assertion the Earth’s mantle is well-mixed, suggesting our models are wrong.

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

Scientists have found potential remnants of Earth’s ancient crust deep within the mantle using new seismic mapping techniques ...

A new research reveals hidden 'sunken worlds' in Earth's mantle, offering clues about ancient crust and tectonic mysteries.