Stand on solid ground and it feels obvious that “down” points toward the center of the planet and “up” leads to the sky. Yet ...

Beneath our feet, the Earth's continents are undergoing a dramatic transformation, as layers peel away, hinting at the potential for colossal earthquakes. This geological phenomenon raises alarming ...

Scientists used satellite data to confirm that Earth's crust is "dripping" into the mantle beneath Turkey's Central Anatolian ...

Seismologists from the university believe they have found evidence of a previously unknown layer inside Earth called the innermost inner core. The layer, according to researchers, looks like a solid ...

thermal characteristics (temperature changes), chemical composition, movement, and density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics, chemical ...

Today, science can narrow down potential oil reserves with surprising accuracy — especially when it comes to shale oil, found ...

The entire outermost part of Earth is able to wander over the rest of the planet, and now researchers say in a new study detailed in the Nov. 8 issue of the journal Nature that they can explain how it ...