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

Scientists have been baffled to discover solid rock flowing 1,700 miles (2,700km) beneath the Earth's surface.

A mysterious zone in Earth's mantle is constantly in motion. Scientists have discovered that something is travelling deep ...

This is the Kola Superdeep Borehole, the deepest manmade hole on Earth and deepest artificial point on Earth. The ...

By analysing how the Earth's plates moved in the past, the researchers concluded that the Dani plume likely arrived during ...

Deep beneath our feet, around 2,700 kilometers below Earth’s surface, lies a region that has puzzled scientists for over five ...

Scientists on the US West Coast say they discovered three previously unknown species of deep-sea spider that could have a ...

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

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world's most devastating earthquakes and ...

The D" layer, some 2,700 kilometers (nearly 1,700 miles) below our feet, has been mystifying scientists for decades.

China dominates the global rare earths industry—and it’s not even close. A fight is already underway to lay claim to this ...

Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was ...