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Deep inside Earth, far below the crust and mantle we learn about in school, scientists are mapping strange, continent-sized structures that appear to shape everything from volcanic hotspots to the ...

Earth’s inner core has long challenged researchers because seismic waves do not move through it uniformly. Compressional ...

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate ...

From Earth’s oldest rocks to glowing swamp lights and hidden ocean life, scientists in 2025 uncovered clues beneath our feet ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A new study analyzing decades of seismogram data shows that physical changes can ...

With findings on Earth’s polar extremes and its innermost core, scientists shaped how we look at the planet in 2025 in ...

The mantle has three to five times more carbon than researchers would expect based on the proportion of elements in stars and other planets. The diamonds found in this layer of Earth might explain the ...

Earth’s inner core has both changed its relative rotation rate and deformed in the past few decades, according to an analysis of seismic waves recorded when the inner core occupied the same relative ...

Deep beneath our feet, at a staggering depth of over 5,100km, lies Earth's inner core — a solid ball of iron and nickel that plays a crucial role in shaping the conditions we experience on the surface ...

Front Matter -- Thermal Structure of Deep Earth. Melting of Fe Alloys and the Thermal Structure of the Core / Rebecca A Fischer -- Temperature of the Lower Mantle and Core Based on Ab Initio Mineral ...