Our planet's core is rich in gold that can leak out into the mantle, and in some cases, end up in volcanos on the surface, according to a new study.

The mantle rocks in the region where we retrieved the drill core are linked to a zone called the Lost City hydrothermal field, which lies about 800 meters south of the drill site.

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

"Temperature at the boundary between the silicate mantle and the metallic core at [around 1,800 miles] depth reaches to [about 7,000 degrees Fahrenheit], which is sufficiently high for most ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found. The elements emerge when ocean islands form.

In this cross-journal Collection, we focus on the contributions from geophysics and geochemistry that advance understanding of Earth’s core, the core mantle boundary, and the nature of ultra-low ...

Since the late 1980s, researchers have suspected that a coupling between the inner core and the mantle could be responsible for a periodic variation on the order of 10 years. This study puts the ...

Planet Earth is broadly composed of a crust, mantle and core. The crust hosts all known life, but it's merely Earth's outer casing, accounting for only 1% of the planet's total volume.

In the aftermath of this collision, it’s usually thought that material from Theia mixed with Earth’s mantle, so that the planet and the newborn Moon share the same general composition.

Object Details editor Terasaki, Hidenori Fischer, Rebecca A. Contents Front Matter -- Thermal Structure of Deep Earth. Melting of Fe Alloys and the Thermal Structure of the Core / Rebecca A Fischer -- ...

Where the core meets the mantle, liquid iron rubs up against solid rock. That's as dramatic a transition as the rock-to-air interface at Earth's surface, Shim told Live Science.