A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how ...

The Earth with the upper mantle exposed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock approximately 100 miles beneath the Earth's ...

Researchers have detected a previously unknown layer of partially molten rock beneath Earth's crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the movements of Earth's tectonic plates, ...

The layer, located 100 miles below the Earth's surface, could help shed light on how the tectonic plates move. Reading time 2 minutes Earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are a result of the movement of ...

Researchers have confirmed that a rare geological process called lithospheric dripping is pulling pieces of the Earth’s lower crust deep into the mantle under the Konya Basin. This discovery, driven ...

Hell, or something like it, may be a little closer than we thought. As a new study published in Nature Geoscience reveals, geologists at Cornell and the University of Texas have discovered a “hidden” ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving scientists to guess at how the eons-long process unfolds. Using nearly four ...

Earth's inner layers have just got a bit more complicated, with scientists discovering a whole new inner core within the center of the planet. Research released on February 21 in the journal Nature ...

Seismic waves passing through the Earth have revealed that the inner core of our planet is now rotating out-of-sync with the layers above it. Update: As reported below, research from January 2023 ...

Researchers are still discovering more about the Earth's center. A team at Australian National University (ANU) has found evidence of a new layer to the planet sitting within the inner core. This ...

A study published on March 24 by two researchers from Yale’s Earth and planetary sciences department adjusts the timeline of continental crust formation to start approximately 650 to 750 million years ...