Deep beneath our feet, far below the crust and mantle, Earth’s metallic heart is not as sealed off as geologists once assumed ...
Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate ...
Seismic waves passing through Earth's inner core have revealed much about our planet's iron center: how it's changing shape, ...
Earth's inner core may be layered like an onion, with silicon and carbon creating distinct zones that explain seismic wave ...
BepiColombo will arrive in 2026 to uncover the planet Mercury, and unravel how a planet as small, dense, and in such an odd ...
The rotation is slowing down due to tidal friction from the Moon, lengthening the day by approximately 1.7 milliseconds per ...
A Carnegie-led team of astronomers detected the strongest evidence yet of an atmosphere around a rocky planet beyond our ...
Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...
Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may not be fully solid. A rare “superionic” state of matter could explain ...
Fish, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and even a few mammals rely on magnetoreception for navigation. But the exact mechanism ...
Scientists from several institutions, including the University of Chicago, discovered a lemon-shaped planet with an ...
With modern seismic tomography, Earth scientists have discovered that above Earth's core-mantle boundary (CMB), about 2,900 ...