Scientists are analysing the smells of space – from the aroma onboard space stations to planets hundreds of light years away ...

Scientists have discovered that Earth's core is leaking gold and other precious metals into the mantle, eventually reaching ...

Earth’s core is apparently a bit leakier than scientists expected. In a new study published in Nature, researchers describe ...

Seismic imaging has exposed two massive zones hidden deep in Earth’s mantle. These giant blobs, known as large low-velocity ...

All of our civilization exists only a thin layer of Earth's surface, and our deepest mines barely scratch our planet. We ...

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Located in the stratosphere, the ozone layer blocks potentially harmful ultraviolet energy from reaching our planet's surface ...

Scientists confirm Zealandia, Earth's eighth continent, submerged almost two million square miles, with only 5% above water.

They are very tiny, but they are a key source of information when it comes to Earth's evolutionary history: pollen grains are ...

Andy Weir's bestselling story "The Martian" predicts that by 2035 NASA will have landed humans on Mars three times, perfected return-to-Earth flight systems and collaborated with the China National ...

Our data confirmed that material from the core, including gold and other precious metals, is leaking into the Earth’s mantle above.” It’s the strongest evidence yet that the Earth’s core is leaking ...

A new study found rare metals, including gold, leaking from Earth’s core to the surface through volcanic activity.