In a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, researchers from Kyushu University report on the activity of sporadic E ...

To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores ... the mission didn’t uncover ...

There's many different layers to the Earth's atmosphere, but 75% of Earth's mass is actually going to be residing in the troposphere, where we are located. Also, we see all of Earth's weather occur in ...

To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists ... pristine mantle that lies beyond the Mohorovičić discontinuity, or Moho, boundary. If you want to understand ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says ...

The hypothesis lined up with previous speculation that the area had undergone lithospheric foundering, which happens when Earth’s outermost layer sinks into the lower layer of the mantle.

This halo helps protect Earth from cosmic radiation—the stuff that thins Earth's ozone layer and lets in more UV light. The interaction of these particles with Earth's magnetic field results in ...

That [makes you] realise the insignificance of Earth." Sharman experienced these conflicting thoughts all at once. "Our atmosphere is so thin. How easily that whole top layer, where most of life ...