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

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

An update of the convection code ASPECT enables full coupling of plume dynamics with buoyancy effects of transition zone ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Deep-seated mantle structures known as LLSVPs have been found to be over a billion years old, affecting tectonic activity.

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Here’s how it works. Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these ...

Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago has found evidence via lab experiments that show the Earth's mantle is far more complex than previously known. In their study, published ...

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

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...