The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.
A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.
Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...
Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...
While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...
Learn about the continent-sized rocks hidden deep within Earth's mantle that have influenced the magnetic field for millions ...
Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...
The continent-sized blobs are much hotter than the lower mantle, creating a significant temperature gradient in the rocky ...
Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have traveled 25 billion ...
Hidden mega-structures deep inside Earth may have been quietly steering our planet’s magnetic field—and rewriting what we ...
A massive blob deep under Hawaii seems to be solid and iron-rich, new research finds. This blob — scientifically known as a ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the ...