Gas analysis uncovers mantle origins of Scotland and Ireland’s gold, offering a breakthrough for future exploration.

Some 4.6 billion years ago, Earth was nothing like the gentle blue planet we know today. Frequent and violent celestial impacts churned its surface and interior into a seething ocean of magma—an ...

When the early Earth’s magma ocean crystallized 4.4 billion years ago, the deep mantle trapped an ocean’s worth of water, ...

Sophisticated new chemical analysis of gases trapped in rocks for millions of years has cast new light on the origin of the ...

A new study has found that Earth's innermost core isn't a conventional solid, but rather in a 'superionic state'.

Far below the familiar blue of the oceans, scientists are uncovering evidence of a vast hidden reservoir of water locked inside the rocks of Earth’s mantle. Rather than a single underground sea, this ...

Scientists reveal one side of Earth’s interior cools faster. The Pacific Ocean hemisphere loses heat quicker, influencing ...

Sophisticated new chemical analysis of gases trapped in rocks for millions of years has cast new light on the origin of the ...

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

Researchers are exploring the idea that one hemisphere of Earth, dominated by the Pacific Ocean, is losing internal heat ...

Reservoirs of hydrogen gas that form naturally in Earth's crust could help humans decarbonize. The challenge now is finding ...

Scientists have long believed that the Moon was formed by a massive object crashing into the Earth. But what was that thing ...