The inner core is made from solid iron and nickel. In this diagram, the red lines represent the edges of the tectonic plates that make up the Earth's crust. For example, iron is mined from the ...

When an electric current passes through a metal wire, a magnetic field forms around that wire (see diagram ... the Earth (see image below right), the liquid metal that makes up the outer core ...

The diagrams show what happens when P waves and S waves pass through the Earth. S waves do not pass through the Earth's core S waves cannot pass through the liquid outer core, but P waves can.

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

Hundreds of dikes can invade the cone and inner core of a volcano, as they do in Nyiragongo, often along zones of structural weakness. Magma is molten or partially molten rock beneath the Earth's ...

Scientists have long known that Earth has an iron core surrounded by a mantle of silicate ... They use those calculations to ...

Deep beneath our planet, two gargantuan, continent-size blobs of sizzling material rise from Earth’s hot, liquid outer core into its ... This illustrative diagram shows the ancient subducted ...

Growing up in Long Beach, California, his parents adhered to a creationist view of the universe. But young Koerner caught ...

This so-called "super-diamond" material may exist in the core of certain exoplanets, and the simulation points to possible ways to create it on Earth. Like regular diamonds ... high-temperature region ...

Designed to erode public morale, overwhelm Ukraine’s air defenses, destroy civilian infrastructure and degrade Ukraine’s battlefield capabilities; Russia’s continuous and brutal aerial strike packages ...

By exploring how learning reshapes the connections between our brain cells, scientists are giving us a deeper appreciation of memory.

Climate-driven vegetation changes played a crucial role in shaping human history in the Indian subcontinent over the last ...