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

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

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 ...

What roils beneath the Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In ...

The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says ... on the continent and is "both redirecting the flow of material in the mantle such that it is ...

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.

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

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

A new study indicates that Mercury's core-mantle boundary (CMB) may possess a diamond layer that extends up to 18 kilometers ...