The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

To understand the mantle—the largest layer of Earth’s rocky body—scientists drill deep cores out of the Earth. Scientists drilled the deepest core yet and recovered serpentinized peridotite ...

Learn why water levels are important to understand on the moon and how it could impact future missions to build exploration bases.

The land bridge created by mantle-driven uplift gave early primates and other animals opportunities to branch out.

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

How core-mantle differentiation influenced the distribution of volatile elements on Earth. Imagine Earth's history as a ...

Volatiles are crucial for sustaining life and Earth's habitability, with subduction zones being the main pathways for these ...

New research suggests melting ice sheets are warming global temperatures which may speed up continental drift, creating ...