The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous ...

A new study shows that the inner core changed shape in just a few decades, challenging previous assumptions and revealing ...

The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have questions, though.

The study analyzed decades of seismic data, including recordings of repeating earthquakes near Antarctica between 1991 and ...

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

Scientists understand the structure of our planet by analysing ... Due to no instruments existing capable of probing Earth’s inner layer, scientists used earthquakes that occur on the South ...

We are unsure of the nature of the strange doughnut-shaped structure discovered inside the Earth's core. We thought Earth had ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth's history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known ...