New research suggests that dark energy isn't needed to explain the acceleration in the expansion of the universe — instead ...

YR4 has a very small chance of striking Earth when its orbit briefly intersects our planet's in December 2032.

Something is happening inside the Earth, scientists say - A new study has seen scientists unexpectedly find that the inner ...

Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...

For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet ...

Our planet, Earth, is structurally composed of a series of concentric internal spherical layers that are divided into: crust, upper mantle, mantle, outer core and inner core. Every ...

Brian Cox and Robin Ince slice deep into the lesser explored world beneath us. To join them on the journey from the crust to the core they are joined by seismologist Ana Ferreira, geologist Chris ...

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

The core of the Earth is undergoing surprise structural changes, researchers believe. A new study has seen scientists unexpectedly find that the inner core of our planet is changing its physical ...