Remnants of a liquid layer of magma near Earth's core, formed in the first few hundred million years of the planet's history, ...

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

Scientists reveal an underground ocean beneath Earth’s crust, holding more water than all surface oceans combined. The post ...

Furthermore, this work reveals that the formation of a basal magma ocean was inevitable on Earth, even under the most unfavorable conditions. Additionally, the geochemical imprint of this ...

As the Earth's crust shifted and groaned over millions of years, something extraordinary happened beneath the surface. Deep ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, scientists are uncovering alarming evidence of tectonic movement that ...

A study published in Nature reveals that Earth's first crust ... the global magma ocean into Earth's core. "I realized there might be a connection between early core formation, high siderophile ...

When Maureen Long talks to the public about her work, she likes to ask her audience to close their eyes and think of a ...

Rethinking early Earth formation For decades ... the molten magma between them created crust similar to what we find in ocean floors today. The heavy meteor bombardment during this early period ...

As the Earth ... crust doesn’t happen in isolation. As the Tethys Seaway narrowed and finally closed, it split into what are now the Mediterranean and Arabian Seas. It also brought the Neotethys ...