Earth's crust ranges from 5 to 70 kilometers in thickness and serves as the planet's outermost layer. This thin shell represents less than one percent of Earth's total mass, yet it's the only layer we ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The deep part of Earth's middle layer is on the move. New research finds that the lower mantle, ...

The Earth with the upper mantle exposed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock approximately 100 miles beneath the Earth's ...

Earth's middle layer is chunky, like peanuts in a sea of caramel. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In Geology 101, Earth's ...

An odd rock layer that spans 20 kilometres under the Bermuda has been discovered, which has left scientists baffled. The rock's 'level of thickness' has never been witnessed in any other layer in the ...

The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history. Curiously though, a sizeable layer representing anywhere from 250 million years to ...

Fin whale songs, one of the loudest animal calls in the ocean, can be used to learn about the structure of Earth’s crust. Václav Kuna at the Institute of Geophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in ...