The continent-sized blobs are much hotter than the lower mantle, creating a significant temperature gradient in the rocky ...

The unveiling by IBM of two new quantum supercomputers and Denmark's plans to develop "the world's most powerful commercial ...

Microbes move across the planet, linking ecosystems and spreading genes that shape antibiotic resistance, health, and ...

Earth’s magnetic field has flipped many times in the planet’s history, but evidence suggests it may be weakening again. During a geomagnetic reversal, the planet’s protective magnetic shield changes ...

A team of geologists found for the first time evidence linking regions of low seismic velocity and the shape of the Earth’s magnetic field.

When a spacecraft slips behind Jupiter, something counterintuitive occurs: when we lose the signal the measurement is then ...

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

In A Nutshell Two massive hot regions deep beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean have been influencing Earth’s protective ...

The planet's radius from pole to center has been revised to 66,842 km, and at the equator to 71,488 km. That makes it about 12 km smaller along the poles, and about 4 km smaller at the equator, than ...

New research reveals the source of this carbon – and the driving forces behind it – are far more complex than previously ...

A new psychology study has found that older adults match or outperform younger adults when asked to judge and choose the ...