Around 800 million years ago, during the Tonian period, the Yangtze Block in South China experienced significant tectonic ...

Examining how plates move in Earth's mantle and how mountains form is no easy feat. Certain rocks that have sunk deep into Earth's interior and then returned from there can deliver answers.

The evolution of our Earth is the story of its cooling: 4.5 billion years ago, extreme temperatures prevailed on the surface of the young Earth, and it was covered by a deep ocean of magma.

Scientists say they’ve confirmed Earth’s inner core has been slowing down. Here’s what it could mean — and why the topic has been the subject of fierce debate.

Seismologists have recognized since the 1970s that two mysterious continent-sized blobs reside in the deepest part of Earth's mantle, one under Africa and the other under the South Pacific region.

Earth scientists have long known that the dominant mineral olivine in Earth’s outer shell, compresses into another mineral named wadsleyite at 410 km (255 mile) depth, which then changes into ...

The moon, which orbits Earth at an average distance of about 239,000 miles (385,000 km), has a diameter of about 2,160 miles (3,475 km), a bit more than a quarter of our planet's diameter.

Scientists Discover Earth's Interior Triggers Explosive Evolution Published Jul 11, 2023 at 1:13 PM EDT Updated Jul 11, 2023 at 4:55 PM EDT By Pandora Dewan ...

Planetary scientists like me think the best way to learn about inner Earth is in outer space. NASA's robotic mission to a metal world is scheduled for liftoff on Oct. 5, 2023. That mission, the ...

A large sub-Neptune-sized planet revolving around a red dwarf star 124 light years away has been the topic of debate among ...

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