Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth's core is leaking gold and other precious metals. This leakage could explain the ...

Scientists’ stunning find in Hawaiian volcanic rocks offers a tantalizing glimpse into the planet’s inner workings and its hidden wealth.

This week, see how gold is leaking from the planet’s core, watch sharks sharing a communal meal, unearth Egyptian tombs, and ...

We discovered this by looking at very small ... element that just contain different numbers of neutrons.) To study Earth's core, we need to search for chemical tracers of core material in volcanic ...

So Butler and his co-author reevaluated their base assumption that Earth's inner core was solid all the way through. They discovered that the waves they observed worked if, rather than being a ...

Mysterious seismic signals from massive North Atlantic storms are rippling through Earth’s core and surfacing in remote ...

This convection generates Earth’s magnetic field. Earth’s inner core seems to be slowing its spin The inner core, which was discovered in 1936 by Danish seismologist Inge Lehmann, makes up ...

Scientists have discovered yet another layer deep inside the core of the Earth, a new study suggests. "Traditionally we've been taught the Earth has four main layers: the crust, the mantle ...

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

A recent study revealed that Earth’s inner core is slowing down, prompting scientists to investigate further. Their research led to an unexpected discovery: that inner core is not entirely solid.

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...