Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

The Unprecedented Speed of Past Reversals A study by geophysicists from UC Berkeley and their Italian and French colleagues ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

Astronomers for the first time have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar ...

The exosphere is the outermost layer of Earth’s atmosphere, where space begins. It has almost no air, and satellites orbit ...

A recent study has unveiled how chemical elements and powerful winds shape the atmosphere of a planet far beyond our solar system.

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Researchers studying decades of earthquake data say they have found the first evidence that, in addition to spinning backward ...

Located 900 light-years away in the constellation Puppis, WASP-121b is an ultra-hot Jupiter, a gas giant orbiting its star so ...

Astronomers have mapped the 3D structure of an alien planet's atmosphere for the first time, revealing a layered system of extreme winds.

A research team led by Sam Purkis, a professor and chair of the Department of Marine Geosciences at the University of Miami, ...