A recent study led by NASA has revealed a surprising connection between Earth’s magnetic field and the oxygen levels that ...

They reveal that the chemical composition of the deep mantle has remained almost intact since the Earth's formation 4.5 ...

Astronomers estimate that an asteroid this large comes this close to Earth only about once every 7,500 years. It also appears ...

The chemical striping suggests the plume is pulsing, like a heartbeat.” That is how Professor Tom Gernon of the University of ...

Most geologists. however, assume that the earth's interior is hot and ascribe the great variation in the observed temperatures and gradients to differences in the thermal conductivity of the rocks ...

The extreme temperatures of the Earth's interior -- around 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit (5,537 Celsius) at the core -- and the accompanying crushing pressure, which is millions of times more than at ...

The very idea of exploring the interior of the Earth directly feels about a feasible as traveling faster than light. So, instead we have to use other clues and data to get an idea of what sits under ...

Seismologists have recognized since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth's mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South Pacific region.

Color trends may come and go, but every once in a while, a palette captures the mood of a season so effortlessly, it feels ...

This is due to the transport of dead marine life into the Earth's interior, changing the "redox" state of the magma. The Earth's layers (main) and the sun (inset).

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