Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

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Deep within Earth, there lies a mysterious layer called the D" layer. Located roughly 3,000 kilometers down, this zone sits just above the boundary between the planet's molten outer core and its ...

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This layer of the atmosphere is notoriously difficult to study, but new research sheds light on its mysterious processes.

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...

Deep beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains, geologists have found evidence of Earth's rigid outer layer sinking into ...

The northern plains of Mars, marked by thousands of mounds and hills, hold significant evidence of the planet's watery past.

This article was originally published with the title “ The Plastic Layer of the Earth's Mantle ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 1 (July 1962), p. 52 doi:10.1038 ...