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

Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

Seismic imaging has revealed two colossal regions deep within Earth’s mantle that could reshape our understanding of the planet's composition and history. These continent-sized anomalies, known as ...

Deeply hidden in Earth’s mantle there are two huge ‘islands’ with the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht ...

Many geologists attribute the great variation in the temperature gradient to complex irregularities in the structure of the earth's crust. Some even maintain that the interior of the earth is cold ...

At around 620 miles high, these subsurface “islands of rock” stand more than 100 times higher than Mount Everest’s summit of around 5.5 miles, ...

This discovery was made possible through a groundbreaking technique that maps seismic waves traveling through the Earth's ...

There's a lot more to Earth than meets the eye. Far from being just a roundish rock barreling through space, our planet is ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2015 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event but triggered by a ...