Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

For centuries, the true nature of the Moon’s core remained an open question. Was it entirely molten, like the early Earth, or ...

"I think that the simplest explanation of the rotating universe is the universe was born in a rotating black hole." ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

We finally know where two giant blobs in Earth's middle layer came from — and they're a mismatched pair. These strange regions in Earth's mantle, known as "large low velocity provinces" (LLVPs ...

One famous experiment conducted in 1952 by American chemists Stanley Miller and Harold Urey provided a possible explanation: ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

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The solar eclipse was particularly notable as it provided a rare opportunity to witness the Earth’s shadow cast over the Sun ...