Earth's Interior
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Deepest earthquake ever detected should have been impossibleResearchers have detected the deepest earthquake ever, 467 miles below the Earth's surface.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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Earth's core is growing 'lopsided' and scientists don't know whyNew seismic models show that Earth's inner core may be growing faster in the east than in the west, creating a 'lopsided' pattern at the center of our planet.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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4.5 billion-year-old particles from the sun lurk in Earth's core and mantleAre there particles from ancient solar winds hanging out in Earth's core and mantle?
By Laura Geggel Published
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The monstrous 'blobs' near Earth's core may be even bigger than we thoughtUsing thousands of seismic wave recordings, researchers mapped the mysterious 'blobs' deep below the Pacific Ocean and found they are even bigger than imagined.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Remnant of world's largest 'lava lamp blob' found off New Zealand coastAn underwater plateau near New Zealand was likely created by the 'largest volcanic outpouring' in Earth's history, a new study suggests.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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A Tiny Magma Blob May Rewrite Earth's History of Plate TectonicsAn International team of scientists finds evidence that Earth began recycling itself more than 3 billion years ago.
By Tim Childers Published
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Turbulent Blobs in Earth's Core May Explain Sudden Jerks in the Magnetic FieldHere’s one explanation for why Earth’s magnetic field undergoes weird geomagnetic jerks every decade or so.
By Brandon Specktor Published
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Scientists Find Weird Reason Diving Plates Get Stuck 400 Miles Beneath Earth's SurfaceA slippery layer beneath Earth stops chunks of crust in their tracks, creating "stagnant slabs" in the middle of the mantle.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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A Stash of a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds May Be Hiding Deep Inside EarthDiamonds may be more common than we think
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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