For astrobiologists, the search for life beyond our solar system could be likened to where one would look in a vast ...

A study by researchers at the University of Oxford, University of Leeds, and University College London has identified a new ...

Seismic waves generated by earthquakes travel through Earth's solid iron inner core faster in the direction of the rotation axis than along the equator. Scientists created a core growth model to ...

Earth's InteriorRare Diamond Reveals Earth's Interior is All Wet By Becky Oskin published March 12, 2014 A battered diamond that survived a trip from "hell" confirms a long-held theory: Earth's ...

So-called "100-year weather events" now seem almost commonplace as floods, storms and fires continue to set new standards for ...

The simplest model of the mantle — the layer of the Earth’s interior just beneath the crust — is that of a convective heat engine.

The journey for volcanic rocks found on many volcanic islands began deep within the Earth. Brought to the Earth’s surface in eruptions of deep volcanic material, these rocks hold clues as to ...

Earth’s interior may cool down faster than previously thought, but that will still happen over billions of years. The research was published in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

Is Earth's core lopsided? Strange goings-on in our planet's interior Model of how Earth's inner core froze into solid iron implies it may be only 500 million years old Peer-Reviewed Publication ...

Chunks of the thick crust that covered the early Earth may have dripped down into the mantle layer below, shedding light on how the Earth's interior behaved early in Earth's history. The ...