These fragments of our surface do have a tendency to sink into Earth's mantle when they lose out in the plate-on-plate ...

From these indirect observations, scientists have calculated that the scorchingly hot inner core, with temperatures ...

Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...

The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

Japan’s Meteorological Agency lifted a tsunami warning late Monday following a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck off the ...

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...

A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of El Salvador. It caused the shaking of residences across the country.

A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit southern Japan's Kyushu region. Tsunami advisories were issued for Miyazaki and Kochi ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

Researchers used lightning and solar storms to map magma, revealing isolated pockets as opposed to one bubble ready to burst.