Two Continent-Sized 'Blobs' Hidden Deep Inside Earth's Mantle Continue To Baffle Scientists From Decades Earth and many of ...

The sun may rise every morning, but the amount of sunlight reaching Earth's surface can substantially vary over decades, according to a perspective article led by an international research team.

The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

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 ...

Because life arose in the largely unknown surface conditions of Earth’s early history, answering these and other questions remains a challenge. Several seminal experiments in this topic have been ...

The outer core is liquid iron and nickel and generates the Earth's magnetic field. And the inner core is made of solid iron and nickel. The surface of the earth is constantly changing. It's the ...