A huge region of molten iron deep beneath the Pacific Ocean suddenly changed direction around 2010. The discovery suggests ...

Viscosity is one of the most fundamental physical properties used to describe how materials flow. It governs the movement of ...

It was a journey to the center of the Earth, if only for the briefest of moments. But rather than tunneling thousands of ...

A surprising reversal in molten iron flow beneath the Pacific is giving scientists a sharper view of how Earth’s magnetic ...

Researchers have compiled the first global set of observations of flow within the Earth's mantle -- the layer between the crust and the core -- and found that it is moving much faster than has been ...

Compass readings that do not show the direction of true north and interference with the operations of satellites are a few of the problems caused by peculiarities of the Earth's magnetic field. The ...

Mysteries of Earth deepen with data from recent experiments that suggest temperatures in specific layers of interior TEMPE, Ariz. – Earth’s interior is not a benign world that only stores the geologic ...

For the first time, scientists have directly measured the amount of heat flowing from the molten metal of Earth’s core into a region at the base of the mantle, a process that helps drive both the ...

Because of the way Google Earth work, volcanoes are almost always amazing to view inside of it. 3D terrain combined with high-resolution imagery makes for some stunning views, as we explained a while ...

Using an anvil made of diamond, researchers discover an secret of Earth's lower mantle. For decades, researchers have studied the interior of the Earth using seismic waves from earthquakes. Now a ...