Every breath we take in contains 21% oxygen, the gas that makes life on Earth possible. Oxygen, in its combined oxide state, ...

How deep can humanity go beneath the Earth’s surface? The Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest manmade hole in the world, ...

ETH Zurich scientists confirmed that solid rock flows deep inside Earth, solving a decades-old mystery about seismic waves.

The Atacama Trench, located off the coast of Peru and Chile, is one of the deepest oceanic regions on our planet, and ...

A balloon-borne experiment over Antarctica, designed to detect cosmic radio waves, has instead picked up bizarre signals that appear to be coming from deep within the ice. These signals challenge our ...

Deep sea sediments contain treasure troves of information about marine ecosystems and past climate scenarios, yet remain ...

A new review of ocean data suggests that more than 99.999 percent of the global deep seafloor has never been seen by humans. But what does that really mean?

New research reveals that Earth's core is leaking gold. Precious metals are moving from the core to the mantle and crust.

Seismic imaging has exposed two massive zones hidden deep in Earth’s mantle. These giant blobs, known as large low-velocity provinces, or LLVPs, stretch beneath Africa and the Pacific.

Published in Science ... one day drill deep into Martian rock to search for signs of ancient or even extant life. Until then, Earth's own subsurface remains a frontier full of discoveries waiting ...

Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Deep inside Earth is a solid metal ball that rotates independently of our spinning planet, like a top ...