A groundbreaking study by ETH Zurich reveals that solid rock in Earth's D" layer, located deep within the mantle, can move like a fluid while remaining solid. Researchers used diamond anvil cells and ...

A groundbreaking study reveals that Earth's core isn't as isolated as once thought. Researchers discovered that valuable metals, including gold, are gradually leaking from the core into the mantle and ...

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Buried nearly 1,800 miles below Earth’s surface are two vast, continent-sized structures that continue to challenge our understanding of the planet’s formation. Theselarge low shear velocity provinces ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may exist in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow like liquid ...

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For decades, scientists puzzled over this D' layer. Now, groundbreaking ...

Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock ...

Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above, eventually making their way up to the surface during the formation of volcanic islands like Hawaii, a new study ...