By integrating seismic data, mineral physics and geodynamic modeling, the study reconceived large low-shear velocity ...

It’s one of the most enduring ideas about the formation of our solar system: Earth collided with a Mars-sized object, Theia, ...

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Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...

A Rutgers researcher and collaborators have linked unusual geological anomalies to Earth’s molten origins and its unique habitability. For many years, researchers have struggled to understand two ...

One of the strangest mysteries about our Earth is the presence of two dense, giant blobs inexplicably clustered above the ...

New phospholipid discovery brings researchers closer to understanding how primordial cells emerged during origin of life. Roughly 4 billion years ago, Earth was developing conditions suitable for life ...

Earth’s immense web of life fill three broad domains—archaea, bacteria, and eukarya. Scientists from Monash University recently discovered hydrogen-producing enzymes in archaea, which were thought to ...

A pair of diamonds that formed hundreds of kilometers deep in Earth’s malleable mantle both contain specks of materials that form in completely opposing chemical environments—a combination so unusual ...

Earth’s spin is not as steady as it looks. As ice melts and groundwater is pumped from deep aquifers to the surface, the ...