Buried more than 3,000 miles beneath our feet, Earth’s solid inner core was once thought to be unchanging—locked in place at the heart of the planet. But new research has revealed something much more ...

We all grew up learning that we live on the Earth’s crust, which is just a thin layer above the mantle. Beneath that, the outer core surrounds the inner core, and… well, that’s it ...

Earth’s innermost layer is a hot, solid ball of metal surrounded ... malleable than it is at deeper levels. “It’s almost science fiction to visualize what’s happening on the surface ...

Imminent loss of NASA's Aura and Canada's SCISAT will severely diminish scientists’ ability to monitor ozone-depleting substances in the stratosphere.

The Earth is made up of different layers. The outermost is the crust ... Visualizing what is happening at the inner core is "almost science fiction," Vidale said to CNN, because it is "so ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Researchers at MIT found that greenhouse gases are causing Earth’s upper atmosphere to shrink. Gradually, this will lead to ...

Together, these layers protect us from the sun’s harmful radiation and keep temperatures on Earth habitable for all ... pleased to partner with Hong Kong Science Museum and Hong Kong Space ...

Imagine if Earth's history had a mystery novel, and one of its biggest unsolved puzzles was: Where did all the nitrogen go?

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath rock layers in the East Pilbara Terrane of Western Australia. The oldest ...