Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

How deep can humanity go beneath the Earth’s surface? The Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest manmade hole in the world, ...

ETH Zurich scientists confirmed that solid rock flows deep inside Earth, solving a decades-old mystery about seismic waves.

This type of flow form of mantle convection, moves heat through Earth’s interior and reshapes how we think about the planet’s ...

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain ...

A balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica, designed to detect cosmic radio waves, has instead picked up bizarre signals that appear to be coming from deep within the ice. These signals challenge our ...

New research reveals that Earth's core is leaking gold. Precious metals are moving from the core to the mantle and crust.

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top ...

Seismic imaging has exposed two massive zones hidden deep in Earth’s mantle. These giant blobs, known as large low-velocity provinces, or LLVPs, stretch beneath Africa and the Pacific.

Published in Science ... one day drill deep into Martian rock to search for signs of ancient or even extant life. Until then, Earth's own subsurface remains a frontier full of discoveries waiting ...

The discovery of "dark oxygen" raises questions about the origins of life on Earth and the potential impact of deep-sea mining on ... Association for Marine Science, show that oxygen is being ...