No one knows why the river of liquid iron flowing 1,400 miles beneath our feet just reversed course.

A river of molten iron, more than 2,000 kilometers below the surface, appears to have pulled off something Earth scientists did not expect. Around 2010, a broad patch of fluid in the outer core ...

Scientists discovered a mysterious reversal in Earth’s molten core flow beneath the Pacific using satellite data from space.

Scientists have created a global “treasure map” for rare earth elements by uncovering where the strange volcanic rocks that ...

Scientists have identified a hidden deep-Earth pattern that may reveal where rare earth deposits form. The study links ...

"The large-scale flow reversal beneath the Pacific raises new questions about the behavior of Earth's deep interior," ...

South African diamonds have revealed nickel-rich metallic inclusions, offering the first direct evidence of reactions predicted to occur deep in Earth’s mantle. The study shows how oxidized melts ...

IMAGE: This artistic view of the Earth’s interior shows hydrocarbons forming in the upper mantle and transported through deep faults to shallower depths in the Earth’s crust. The inset shows a… Click ...

The deep-seated bedrock of Bermuda, long assumed to have simple volcanic origins, attracted unexpected world attention last ...