Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

The emerging model of mantle convection suggests that some relatively cool subducting slabs of oceanic plate (blue) are deflected at the 660 km discontinuity (dashed black line) whereas others ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic field.

It is unlikely that the Earth's mantle — the layer beneath the crust and above the core — was completely homogeneous when it initially formed. Over time, cooling-induced convection as well as ...

Convection processes beneath Venus' scorched surface may help explain the planet's many volcanoes, a new study reports.Venus, ...

Future missions to Venus could also supply additional data on the density and temperature of the planet's crust, which could ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...

The Earth’s mantle, stretching up to 1,800 miles thick and making up a whopping 84% of the planet’s volume, used to be ...

We apply these models to a range of problems, including faulting, mantle convection, and melting and melt migration in the Earth’s mantle, as well as to societally-relevant issues, such as the dynamic ...

Convection occurs when particles with a lot of heat energy in a liquid or gas move and take the place of particles with less heat energy. Convection in a liquid Convection in a liquid can be seen ...