Earth’s crust discovery unveils surprising findings. The post Earth’s Crust Discovery Unveils Surprising Findings appeared ...

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

“Based on volcanic rock measurements, helium-3 is known to be enriched in hot magma, which originally derives from hot plumes coming from deep within Earth’s mantle.” The mantle is the region between ...

The study also provides a new approach to solving one of the biggest enduring scientific mysteries: when did plate tectonics ...

Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...

Researchers have made a breakthrough discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, ...

The mantle is the rocky envelopment that surrounds the iron core of rocky planets. The structure and dynamics of Earth's ...

Credit: Yuri_Arcurs via Getty Images Primordial helium from the beginning of the solar system may be stuck inside Earth's solid core ... volcanic hotspots that tap magma from the deep mantle.