A hidden “tear” beneath the continents may have been fueling oceanic volcanoes for millions of years, study reveals.

The hidden chemistry of the Earth’s interior may play a far more dramatic role in shaping continents than previously imagined. According to a groundbreaking studypublished in Science Advances, ...

Hidden mega-structures deep inside Earth may have been quietly steering our planet’s magnetic field—and rewriting what we ...

A new study shows that slow, deep rock currents inside the Earth have helped shape the planet's strongest large-scale gravitational anomaly under the Antarctic continent. Why is gravity weaker ...

Ancient volcanic rocks reveal how two giant hot regions beneath Africa and the Pacific have shaped Earth's magnetic shield.

Research led by the University of Liverpool has identified magnetic evidence that two immense, ultra-hot rock structures located at the base of Earth’s mantle, around 2,900 kilometres beneath Africa ...

Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy.

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests Earth’s continents didn’t begin growing until hundreds of millions of years ...

They're in the headlines every week—critical minerals like lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite and the rare earth elements essential for high-technology and national security applications. Scientists at ...

Exploring Earth's deep interior is a far bigger challenge than exploring the solar system. While we have travelled 25 billion ...