An illustration of Earth as it existed during part of its formation billions of years ago, when an ocean of magma covered the surface of the planet and stretched thousands of miles deep into the core.

New research led by the University of Cambridge has found rare evidence – preserved in the chemistry of ancient rocks from Greenland – which tells of a time when Earth was almost entirely molten. The ...

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Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock sit just above Earth’s core, hot, dense and stubbornly different from ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The history of Earth's continents might be different from what we first thought. The most popular theory of how the ...

It’s long been clear that Italy’s Larderello region is supplied with abundant heat from Earth’s interior. The area, located ...

Scientists say a mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within long dormant volcanoes is likely packed with the in-demand elementsAccording to a new study, extinct volcanoes could be a “rich” ...

A thick atmosphere has been detected around a planet that’s twice as big as Earth in a nearby solar system, researchers reported Wednesday. The so-called super Earth — known as 55 Cancri e — is among ...

Scientists have uncovered a colossal magma reservoir, the largest ever imaged, lurking miles beneath the Andes. This molten ...