Earth has a red hot liquid interior that warms the entire planet from inside. It spins, too, generating both gravity and ...

The D'' layer of the mantle flows in a solid state due to post-perovskite alignment, which accelerates seismic waves by 7%.

A bold new theory reimagines the NAA as a "Rayleigh–Taylor instability"—a geological term for when heavy, cold rock begins to ...

Have you ever wondered how Earth came to be? In this video, we’ll take you on a fascinating journey through the origins of ...

Strong new evidence suggests that primordial material from the planet’s center is somehow making its way out. Continent-size ...

Starting at the surface, you would have to dig nearly 2,000 miles before reaching the Earth’s core. No one could survive that ...

The life of planet Earth is a fascinating world studied by geologists around the world. In recent months, some discoveries ...

Deep heat beneath the Appalachian Mountains may be linked to an ancient rift with Greenland, helping explain why the range is ...

Geothermal heat, continuously regenerated in Earth’s mantle and crust, offers a dense, 24/7 resource that could shoulder much of that load without carbon emissions, radioactive waste, or ...

Officially dubbed the Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), this subterranean slimeball sits 125 feet deep underground and ...

Deeper earthquakes, originating from within the Earth’s mantle, showed little connection to solar heat. But shallow earthquakes—which can be extremely destructive—appeared influenced by ...