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 ...

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

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet's magma creates continents - and may have even helped create life.

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 ...

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 ...

Plate tectonics is intimately linked to the composition of the oceans and atmosphere because ... in the magmas that crystallise to form the crust. This discovery has major implications for how we ...

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 ...