Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

New measurements suggest mysterious continent-sized masses in our planet’s lower mantle may be extremely stable features of ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

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Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

Earth's biggest mountains, more than 100 times taller than Mount Everest, have been discovered on the boundary between Africa ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

When seismic waves encounter unusual structures in the mantle, changes in wave speed provide seismologists with clues about Earth’s deep interior. Over the decades, seismic data revealed that ...