Mars presents one of the Solar System's greatest mysteries: the Martian dichotomy, a phenomenon noted since the 1970s. This involves a distinct ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

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Two Buried Supercontinents Under Africa and the Pacific Ocean Could Be Much Older Than Previously Assumed Earth has several ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Nobody knew what they are, and whether they are only a temporary phenomenon, or if they have been sitting there for millions ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

Why does its southern hemisphere rise significantly above the smoother northern plains? A groundbreaking study using seismic ...

The Earth's mantle, the layer between the crust and the core, is the stage for slow but powerful movements. These movements, called convection, are responsible for plate tectonics. Oceanic plates, ...

Therefore, they do not take part in mantle convection (the flow in the Earth's mantle). Thus, contrary to what the geography books teach us, the mantle cannot be well-mixed either. Talavera-Soza ...