Earth’s early history is undergoing a quiet revolution. Long assumed to be dry at its core, new research suggests our planet ...

The seafloor is far thinner than the bulky landmass, and temperature from within Earth is “quenched” by the enormous volume ...

Earth’s deep interior still shapes the world above your feet. Water trapped far below the surface helps control how rocks ...

Scientists reveal one side of Earth’s interior cools faster. The Pacific Ocean hemisphere loses heat quicker, influencing ...

New research sheds light on the earliest days of the earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the early years of rocky planets.

The Earth's mantle might not always move along in lockstep with the overlying tectonic crust—as set out in science textbooks for decades—but may instead behave differently. This is the conclusion of ...