Scientists have confirmed the presence of an immense reservoir of water trapped deep within the Earth’s mantle, reshaping our ...

Blobs of rock are dripping off the underside of North America, likely caused by the remnants of a tectonic plate deep in ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Earth’s crust won’t be able to withstand all that weight and pressure in such a small area. The neutron ball will sink. “It’s going to be pretty much free-falling,” Duez said.

Earth is the planet we have the best opportunity to understand in detail—helping us see how other rocky planets behave, even ...

Introduction / Robert A. Phinney -- [The upper mantle] -- Upper mantle chemistry and evolution of the earth's crust / Paul W. Gast -- The geophysical importance of high-temperature creep / Dan P.

Stratigraphic inversion, or reverse stratigraphy, occurs when younger layers sink down, and the older ones rise to the top of ...

Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and as the eons passed, the crust of the young planet experienced turbulence. Asteroid collisions shattered some parts, which melted and recrystallized, while ...

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found.