Few other scientific drilling ships exist – and none of this caliber. There is Japan’s Chikyū with a maximum drilling depth of 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) and there was the US-owned JOIDES Resolution ...
Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.
The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...
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Io’s long-debated magma ocean may not exist. Juno spacecraft data reveals that tidal forces deform the moon differently than ...
Scientists confirm the Moon has a solid iron core, like Earth’s, with a molten outer layer. This discovery reshapes our ...
A major scientific breakthrough has settled a decades-old debate about the moon’s interior. Researchers have confirmed that ...
We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.