Understanding Earth's Crust Earth's crust ranges from 5 to 70 kilometers in thickness and serves as the planet's outermost ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the ...

Recent scientific investigations have unearthed remnants of a lost planet concealed deep within Earth’s mantle, potentially ...

Figure 1（a）Element mapping of the syntheic pyrope garnet at high-pressure and high-temperature（b）Variation of the water content of pyrope garnets with pressure and temperature in the present and ...

A new geological model revolutionizes a century of theories: a rigid wedge of mantle keeps the Himalayas standing.

Scientists have discovered an ancient "ghost" plume lurking beneath Oman. The magma plume is trapped beneath a thick portion of Earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle, the planet's middle ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...

According to the team, this means that rocks containing the isotopes came from deep inside the Earth. The measurements suggest that the ruthenium-containing rocks came from the boundary between the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s ...