The new waveforms expand the broader conversation on Earth’s mechanics. Certain aspects, like magnetic fluctuations and ...

Astronomers spot two stars the size of Earth headed toward a violent explosion - This discovery offers a glimpse into the ...

We all grew up learning that we live on the Earth’s crust, which is just a thin layer above the mantle. Beneath that, the outer core surrounds the inner core, and… well, that’s it ...

As the Aral Sea has been drained by irrigation and dried up, the mass loss on the surface has caused Earth’s upper mantle to ...

Astronomers have spotted two hefty white dwarf stars - highly compact stellar embers - orbiting close together that appear ...

And the inner core is made of solid iron and nickel ... The mantle is the thickest layer of the Earth and is made of semi-solid rock that moves very slowly, like a liquid. The tectonic plates ...

A 2471 B.C. solar eclipse may have triggered a break from Egypt’s sun worship, influencing Pharaoh Shepsekaf’s defiance and ...

A SpaceX Crew Dragon with the largest window ever to have flown to space has just launched to orbit for the third time.

Inner core The inner core is 2900 km below the Earth’s surface, in the centre of the Earth, and is the hottest layer. It is spherical and solid and made up of iron and nickel. Its temperatures ...