Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed Earth has several ...

Mars presents one of the Solar System's greatest mysteries: the Martian dichotomy, a phenomenon noted since the 1970s. This involves a distinct ...

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

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Scientists from Utrecht University have discovered two enormous structures deep in Earth's mantle, suggesting that these ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

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

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

Overall, Professors Sun and Tkalčić determine that mantle convection is the primary cause of Mars's unusual dichotomy, not giant impacts as the alternative hypothesis suggests. But their ...

The end of the rainy (Baiu) season in the Kanto region and northern Japan is induced by a "convection jump," known as the abrupt enhancement of convective activity (precipitation) over the ...

The Earth's mantle, the layer between the crust and the core, is the stage for slow but powerful movements. These movements, called convection, are responsible for plate tectonics. Oceanic plates, ...