Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.

An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form. Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle ...

It is incredibly difficult to reach the mantle layer, located between the Earth’s crust and core, but by targeting the ...

Moon Goo Something is moving inside of the Moon. Yes, you read that right. A recent study from scientists at NASA and the ...

"The presence of an LVZ at the lower base of the lunar mantle may be most readily explained by partial melt in an ...

Layer-1 chain Sui is igniting another leg of its rally, brushing up against all-time highs while its network sees more growth ...

Researchers have uncovered a massive geological structure deep in the Pacific Ocean near Easter Island, which may explain the rapid expansion of the East Pacific Rise, the world’s fastest-spreading ...

Recent research points to the existence of a partially molten layer beneath the Moon’s surface, defying long-held assumptions ...

The geological process at work, they said, is called isostatic rebound. It involves the rise of land masses on Earth’s crust ...

Mount Everest is Earth's tallest mountain - towering 5.5 miles (8.85 km) above sea level - and is actually still growing. While it and the rest of the Himalayas are continuing an inexorable uplift ...

Originally part of the seafloor in the southeastern Pacific, this slab now rests within the mantle transition zone, located ...

Although the ocean around Guadalupe Island off Baja California, Mexico is well-known as a location brimming with great white ...