The layers of Earth provide geologists and geophysicists clues to how Earth formed, the layers that make up other planetary bodies, the source of Earth's resources, and much more. Modern advances ...

The layers of Earth diagram. Trevor Nace Layers Of Earth 1. Crust. Earth's crust is what we walk on every day. It is the thin (relatively) outermost layer that wraps around the Earth and ranges in ...

The first layer is the crust, a thin outer shell that extends about 18 miles (30 km) below the planet's surface. The next layer, the mantle, stretches about 1,800 miles (2,900km) below Earth's ...

The solid metal core of Earth does not rotate perfectly in time with the outer layers of the planet, and new research ...

Earth is made up of several layers: the lithosphere, asthenosphere, lower mantle (also known as mesospheric mantle), outer core and inner core.

A diagram of the Earth's layers, including the transition zone – the bottom boundary of which has now been found to be quite jagged. Kyle McKernan, Princeton Office of Communications.

The inner core of the Earth appears to hold an innermost secret. Geology textbooks almost inevitably include a cutaway diagram of the Earth showing four neatly delineated layers: a thin outer ...

A previously unknown layer of partially molten rock has been detected beneath Earth’s crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the motions of Earth’s tectonic plates.

This diagram shows the different layers of Earth's interior — the solid iron-nickel inner core, the molten liquid iron-nickel outer core, the layers of the mantle, and the crust.