An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a ...

Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.

Volcanoes can look like small mountains ... we need to look at the structure of the Earth. The Earth is made up of different layers. At the centre is the core, around that is the mantle, and ...

An odd phenomenon called lithospheric dripping might occur wherever mountains form. Earth's crust may "drip" into its middle ...

For many years, scientists have believed that the Earth’s mantle – the layer beneath its surface – moves like a giant ...

Earth’s extinct volcanoes might be an untapped source of highly in-demand rare earth elements. A set of lab-based experiments revealed that some of these 17 elements could be lurking in the ...

Sep. 24, 2024 — A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals ...

Europa Clipper and JUICE are set up to give scientists game-changing information about the potential habitability of ...

Extinct volcanoes could be a source of rare earth elements, including gadolinium, praseodymium, cerium, samarium, lanthanum, and neodymium. Rare earth elements are needed to make devices we use ...

Hubble has homed in on a nearby star called R Aquarii, which is throwing out material for billions of miles around it.