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

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

Scientists discover that large amounts of nitrogen could be hidden in the Earth's metallic core, which would solve a ...

Our circumstances here on the wondrous, life-supporting Earth can give us a false understanding of what the universe is ...

Learn about how volcanoes are formed and the ways they erupt Chiara Maria Petrone, Roberto Scandone, and Alex Whittaker On ...

And every volcanic eruption releases greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, triggering a gnarly environmental feedback loop.

Wu Fuyuan, an academician of the CAS and a corresponding author of the study, said the moon displays an asymmetry between its ...

Beneath Ethiopia, the Earth’s mantle is pulsing like a slow, steady heartbeat, slowly tearing Africa apart and laying the groundwork for a new ocean.

Research reveals that magma activity in the Afar region of Ethiopia is splitting the continent, potentially forming a new ocean.

A plume of molten rock rising from the depths of the Earth in heartbeat-like pulses is slowly tearing Africa apart—and will one day create a new ocean. This is the conclusion of an international team ...