Earth is made up of several layers. Layers based on chemical composition are the core, mantle and crust. According to mechanical properties, Earth's layers are the lithosphere, asthenosphere ...

An analysis of Hawaii’s volcanic rocks revealed Earth’s core is leaking gold and other precious metals, a study found. The ...

Breakthrough discovery reveals gold and precious metals are slowly leaking from Earth's core through Hawaiian volcanoes.

In 1970, Russian geologists drilled a nine-inch wide hole into the Kola Peninsula’s Baltic Shield — a part of Earth’s crust with rock well over a billion years old — and began digging as deep as they ...

Underneath our feet, deep down below the Earth’s crust and its other layers lies the core, or where the planet’s magnetic fields are generated. However, experts now say it’s changing and there might ...

Our planet's core is rich in gold that can leak out into the mantle, and in some cases, end up in volcanos on the surface, ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Earth has a layered structure made up of the core, the mantle and the crust. Different elements are present in ...

Over 99 per cent of the Earth’s deposits of gold and precious metals like Ruthenium reside in the Earth's core. Scientists ...

If the U.S. could tap into just 2 percent of the geothermal power beneath Earth’s crust, it could supply more than 2,000 ...

Life thrives far beneath the surface, in places once thought too harsh for survival. In the shadows of Earth’s crust, tiny ...

The layer acts as a skin for the Earth, protecting landscapes and reducing ... dirt-dwelling organisms that form a distinct crust on the top of soil in arid landscapes," said Knowable Magazine.