This layer of the atmosphere is notoriously difficult to study, but new research sheds light on its mysterious processes.
Our planet's interior is much too deep and hot to explore with probes, so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and ...
The Earth's interior is composed of four layers, three solid and one liquid—not magma but molten metal, nearly as hot as the surface of the sun. The deepest layer is a solid iron ball ...
Scientists released an update to a model that maps the ever-moving pole and has significant implications for navigation ...
Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...
These fragments of our surface do have a tendency to sink into Earth's mantle when they lose out in the plate-on-plate collision known as subduction, but when this happens, these terrestrial ...
Sandwiched between those layers ... offer the longest-ever look at Earth's mesosphere. With 19 years' worth of data (September 2004 to December 2023), the model paints a picture of how the ...
so scientists rely on seismic waves to understand and model its structure. Seismic waves are shock waves that propagate through Earth's layers after an earthquake or explosive event, traveling at ...