Earth has multiple layers: the crust, the mantle, the liquid outer core and the solid inner core.
(Image credit: NASA)
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Rare View Reveals How Earth's Crust FormsOne of the best images of a mid-ocean ridge sheds light on plate tectonics.
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New Look at Earth's Mysterious LayerMolten magma underlies Earth's tectonic plates.
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Physicists Hunt Weird Antimatter Beneath EarthPhysicists have tentatively detected several particles that could reveal how radioactive heat inside the earth could influence earthquakes
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The Unparticle May Lurk in Earth's MantleThe Higgs isn’t the only particle physicists are hunting.
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Appalachians Get a Face-Lift From Earth's MantleSouthern reaches not as old, worn-down as thought.
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How Thick Is the Crust Beneath Antarctica?Seismic data gives new estimates for curst of least-known continent.
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Crushing Rocks Reveals Magma Mantle MysteriesGeologists destroy gems to discover how magma melts 150 miles below Earth's surface.
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Mysterious Metallic Blobs Help Reveal Planets' InnardsIron from Earth's core is leaking into parts of the mantle.
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Gold Rises With Molten RockAccounts for why some spots have higher concentrations of the rare metal.
