The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in different parts of the Earth’s structure. The crust is made from enormous plates ...

About 1,800 miles beneath the surface, Earth's internal structure changes abruptly where the solid rock of the mantle meets the swirling molten iron of the outer core. But the boundary between the ...

Earth is a giant fluid factory, according to new research. Earth scientists propose a new model for the nature and distribution of fluids from the core to Earth’s based on modern concepts of plate ...

Researchers have detected a large, previously unknown structure—consisting of unusually dense, hot rock—deep inside the Earth below the Pacific Ocean. The structure, known as an ultralow-velocity zone ...

More insights about Earth's core have arrived through some detailed examinations. A team of researchers believes that the inner core is made of two distinct layers. The finding has been explained in ...

In the absence of a 6,000 km-deep hole to conduct observations, scientists hoping to learn about the internal structure of the Earth presently have few options but to monitor seismic waves. However, ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, is Earth's history. Our history. Research shows there are little-known ...