A weak magnetic field likely attracted matter inward, contributing to the formation of the outer planetary bodies, from ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...

A major scientific breakthrough has settled a decades-old debate about the moon’s interior. Researchers have confirmed that ...

Earth produces two shadows, the penumbra & umbra. Think of the penumbra as the lighter outer edge & the umbra as the darker ...

Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...

The two continent-sized provinces have been known since the 1970s, but it’s only in the last few years we’ve started to ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

Located 3,000 miles below the Earth’s surface, the inner core is anchored by gravity within the molten liquid outer core. (USC Graphic/Edward Sotelo via SWNS) Until now the inner core was widely ...