An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found. The elements emerge when ocean islands form.

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

While it's unlikely the deep-buried treasure chest will ever be cracked open, scientists call the discovery significant.

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found. The elements emerge when ocean islands form.

Earth is made up of three basic layers: a crust, mantle and core. The crust acts like a thin outer shell, the mantle is a less rigid middle layer of rocks that makes up most of the planet, and the ...

The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

The mantle is incredibly difficult to study because it’s so deeply buried beneath the Earth’s crust, or outer skin. Now, scientists have drilled a 1,268m-deep core that reaches down into this ...

Mantle plumes are important geologic processes—they interact with plate tectonics, create rich mineral deposits, and even ...

The Earth’s interior is far more complex than what we are taught in school. Instead of just three layers- crust, mantle, and core- the Earth is made up of multiple intricate layers, each with ...

Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...