Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and model its structure. Seismic waves are shock waves that propagate through Earth's layers after an earthquake or explosive event, traveling at ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in the process ...

A volcano is an opening in the Earth’s crust that allows magma, hot ash and gases to escape. The water cycle works by using the energy of the Sun to exchange water from oceans and lakes to the ...

The model developed by the team found that white dwarfs can fuel both processes simultaneously, making Earth-like planets ... shedding their outer layers as their cores collapse and forming ...