From these indirect observations, scientists have calculated that the scorchingly hot inner core, with temperatures ...

Clues to our planet’s dramatic past are in the layers of rocks we might overlook. A great guide shows why they deserve our ...

Scientists have uncovered new signs of a mysterious structure buried deep inside Earth’s inner core, pointing to the ...

Earth's outer layers can wander over its core, which causes so-called true polar wander. A model has figured out how Earth's bulge may cause the layers to snap back into place.

The entire outermost part of Earth is able to wander over the rest of the planet, and now researchers say in a new study detailed in the Nov. 8 issue of the journal Nature that they can explain ...

There is more to the Earth than what we can see on the surface. In fact, if you were able to hold the Earth in your hand and slice it in half, you'd see that it has multiple layers. But of course ...

The Earth with the upper mantle exposed. Researchers at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a previously unknown layer of partly molten rock approximately 100 miles beneath the Earth's ...

In one of the great environmental success stories of our time, scientists say that a 35-year-old agreement has resulted in the steady and promising recovery of the Earth's ozone layer, a critical ...