The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...

"We don't know exactly what they are or what material is creating the patterns we have uncovered," researcher Thomas Schouten said.

Hidden deep beneath the Pacific Ocean, researchers have uncovered anomalies in the Earth’s mantle that defy existing ...

Geophysicists at ETH Zurich are using models of the lower mantle to identify areas where earthquake waves behave differently ...

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...