Recent findings suggest that Earth’s mantle might harbor hidden plumes venting heat from the planet’s core, a discovery that ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure—and reveal how little is understood about ...

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

The emotions of youth become less all-important and less demanding of our attention. Young people feel that every perceived slight needs ...

We found big chunks of the impactor Theia.” With those five words to The New York Times, Caltech geophysicist Qian Yuan ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.

Volcanic regions like Etna are known to be rich in various minerals and elements. Mount Erebus, one of the world’s most ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found.

Human-caused global warming will continue to bake the Earth over the next several years ... least one of the next five years will see record heat, with a high likelihood that average warming ...

A previous version of this article and its headline gave an incorrect timeframe for when Earth is likely to cross ... including deadly heat waves that compound in strength for each tenth of ...

Earth, and Mars). During this process, the planets were mostly melted magma, due to the intense heat generated by the collisions. Progressively, the heavier elements fell to the core due to gravity, ...