Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

The Earth’s interior consists of multiscale structures that range from micrometer-scale mineral assemblages to 1000-km-scale heterogeneities. Mantle plumes are one such mega-scale structure that ...

Scientists have traced a 60-million-year volcanic trail from Iceland to Ireland to a deep mantle plume that shaped the North ...

The Afar region is a rare place on Earth where three tectonic rifts meet - the Main Ethiopian Rift, the Red Sea Rift, and the ...

Geothermal energy is the "heat beneath your feet" and there exists a large reservoir that the Office of Energy Development wants to explore. The agency is poised to ink a contract for a feasibility ...

The Earth is leaking. The good news is this isn’t bad news, because the Earth is leaking gold and other precious metals.

Evidence has been found for a mantle plume beneath Oman, on the Arabian Peninsula. Unlike all the confirmed mantle plumes found before, however, this one is not associated with current or recent ...

Hidden beneath the thick crust and scorching layers deep inside our Earth lies an immense stash of precious metals. Scientists have long believed these riches, which include gold and ruthenium, remain ...

And they found that the lunar core is very similar to that of Earth – with an outer fluid layer and a solid inner core. According to their modeling, the outer core has a radius of about 362 kilometers ...