New research suggests ULVZs might be widespread in Earth's mantle. Study reveals ULVZs significantly slow seismic waves. Findings could reshape our understanding of mantle dynamics.

A doughnut-shaped structure almost 3,000 kilometers beneath our feet has been discovered by scientists, providing new clues ...

Deep in the Earth’s mantle, some 1800 miles (2,900 kilometers) below the ground, two gigantic masses lie beneath West Africa and the Pacific Ocean. They are layers of rock that behave surprisingly.

The mantle is a semi-solid layer below the ... Test your knowledge of the Earth's different layers in this quiz. Just over 300 years later, in 1912, the German geologist Alfred Wegener proposed ...

Mysterious zones in the deep mantle where earthquake waves slow to a crawl may actually be everywhere, new research finds. Scientists already knew that ultra-low velocity zones (ULVZs), hover near ...

Scientists at ANU have discovered a doughnut-shaped area in Earth's liquid outer core that could help explain mysteries about ...

A cross section of Earth. Our planet consists of several layers: a solid inner core, a liquid outer core, the mantle, and finally, the crust. A cross section of Earth. Our planet consists of ...

Published in the journal Science, their findings shed light on the Earth’s formation, composition, and the amount of water trapped in mantle rock. “Geological processes on the Earth’s surface, such as ...

My aunt says if you tried to dig a hole to the other side of Earth, this is what would happen: First, you’d dig through loose ...