Previously, scientists thought only microbes and viruses could live beneath the seafloor crust where tectonic plates meet.

The mantle of the Earth, up to 1,800 miles (2,900 kms) thick and 84% of the Earth's volume, was assumed to be a simple ...

The U.S. has the world's largest carrier fleet with 11 in service, while China ranks second with three and Japan has two ...

New research reveals that Earth's mantle is divided by the Pacific Ring of Fire, a geological boundary reflecting the ...

Scientists say that the mantle is split up into two domains- the African and the Pacific that emerged when the supercontinent ...

Scientists in Australia and China believe the ocean is shrinking by around one inch per year, gradually pushing the tectonic ...

Scientists using a high-resolution model to study the Earth's mantle discovered unexplained structures underneath the Pacific ...

Japan’s position along the “Ring of Fire”, a string of hundreds of volcanoes and earthquake sites in the Pacific Ocean, makes ...

Traditionally, scientists have relied on seismic waves generated by earthquakes to infer the structure of the Earth.

Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

Legends tell us that our planet is dotted with lost lands, from Atlantis to Eldorado and Avalon, which once suffered a ...

Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...