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Researchers are now trying to understand the "innermost inner core" of the Earth by studying how seismic waves travel through ...
New research reveals that early Earth concealed a deep ocean of magma, which may explain today's anomalies in the planet's ...
Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...
Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...
Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...
Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...
Think of them as the tough "core" of continents ... it down into the Earth's mantle. This phenomenon is gradually stripping away material from the bottom of the continent's crust.
The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...
A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...