New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

Stars and planets are naturally associated with one another. While some planets have gone rogue and are drifting through ...

By simulating the movement of two continent-sized Big Lower-Mantle Basal Structures, or BLOBs, researchers may have uncovered ...

In an analysis of the best available Earth systems models, Northeastern researchers found that by the turn of the next ...

Scientists in Australia have identified a possible cause of gigantic volcanic eruptions - mysterious 'blobs' about 1,200 ...

New simulations reveal a hidden “ocean of fire” that once existed above Earth’s core, influencing the planet’s internal ...

Throughout Earth’s history, the continents have been constantly on the move, converging and diverging in cycles that have shaped the planet’s surface for billions of years. This process, known as ...

The poles can flip over the course of hundreds or thousands of years, and this can happen at random, with intervals ranging anywhere from 10,000 years to 50 million years or more. Around 41,000 years ...

The last full reversal took place approximately 780,000 years ago - leaving some experts to predict another flip is imminent.

Scientists have uncovered the mysterious gravity hole beneath the Indian Ocean.

The impact that carved out the moon's huge South Pole-Aitken basin may explain the puzzling differences between the lunar ...