Our planet, Earth, is structurally composed of a series of concentric internal spherical layers that are divided into: crust, upper mantle, mantle, outer core and inner core. Every ...

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

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

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

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

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

The surface of Earth's inner core appears to be dynamic, changing shape as it rotates, earthquake waves reveal.

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

A new study in Nature Geoscience reveals insights about the Earth’s core. While we often learn about the inner and outer ...

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 ...