Scientists have been investigating colossal structures that exist deep inside of Earth's mantle beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean.

Scientists now know how to drill deep enough to tap into an energy supply that would power the world for more than 20 million ...

Prior research has suggested that the interesting parts of Earth are on the surface ... Recent research by several teams has shown that that mantle has a layer that no one knew about—and ...

Whether convection in the Earth's mantle extends through its entire depth or if the mantle is layered has long been debated. Recent research suggests that spatially and temporally intermittent or ...

A new study has revealed that two continent-sized regions in Earth's deep mantle have distinctive histories and resulting ...

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these blobs are both hotter and ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...