Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

It looks like we might have to rewrite the textbooks. What we have always known about the Earth’s inner core has changed, and researchers have provided us with new information. Scientists recently ...

Our history. Research shows there are little-known chapters in that history, deep within Earth's past. In fact, Earth's inner core appears to have another even more inner core within it.

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

This week, uncover some of the oldest ice on Earth, follow a dinosaur highway, learn how Pluto sealed the capture of its moon Charon with a “kiss,” and more.

The finding, reported in the science journal Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, is significant because the data reported by the ...

The deeper the cores go, the more history they contain — and the icy layers could also solve some of the biggest questions about mysterious eras in Earth’s 4.5 billion-year history. A team retrieved a ...

The same team previously drilled a core about 800,000 years old. Analysis of the ancient ice is expected to show how Earth's atmosphere and climate have evolved. It should provide insight into how ...