Jul 17 2018Save7/17/18Is The Earth's Mantle Full of Diamonds?Ryan F. Mandelbaum16SaveParts of the Earth’s mantle might be loaded with diamonds, if a new model turns out to be correct. But no, you can’t…
Apr 8 2017Save4/8/17Japan's Scientists Believe They'll Be the First to Reach Earth's MantleRhett Jones101SaveOnce again, scientists are looking inward to explore the next frontier. Researchers at Japan’s Agency for…
May 9 2016SaveClimate change5/9/16Climate change5/9/16We Were Totally Wrong About What's Happening Inside Earth's MantleMaddie Stone209SaveFor the first time, geologists have compiled a global map of the wave-like motions called “convective currents”…
Dec 5 2015Save12/5/15Humans Are Once Again Attempting to Reach Earth's MantleMaddie Stone160SaveHumans have dreamt of of drilling to the center of the Earth for over a century, but the fact of the matter is, we…
Oct 2 2012Save10/2/12The $1 Billion Journey to the Mantle of the EarthGeorge Dvorsky45Save In an unprecedented $1 billion mission to reach the Earth's mantle, geologists are set to start drilling 3.7 miles…
May 24 2012Save5/24/12How Earth Got Its OxygenCasey Chan61SaveIf you're currently living on our pale blue dot, you should thank it for becoming inhabitable for us human folk.…
Feb 19 2012Save2/19/12X-rays reveal why the Moon has no volcanoesAlasdair Wilkins20SaveThe Moon is an almost completely still world, its eternal peace and quiet disrupted only by the occasional meteor or…
Jul 17 2011Save7/17/11Where is all the Earth's heat coming from?Alasdair Wilkins83SaveEarth runs on massive amounts of heat, enough to melt iron in the core and create our magnetic field, enough to…
May 18 2011Save5/18/11The Earth's core melts and freezes all at the same timeAlasdair Wilkins20Save The inner core of our planet is roughly as big as the Moon, and we can only guess what's going on deep inside our…
Jan 27 2011Save1/27/11A history of supercontinents on planet EarthAlasdair Wilkins74SaveEarth's continents are constantly changing, moving and rearranging themselves over millions of years - affecting…
Nov 21 2010Save11/21/10Methane-eating bacteria alive and well in the deepest layer of Earth's crustAlasdair Wilkins31SaveNearly a mile underground, there's an entire ecosystem carving out a rather alien existence in the deepest layer of…
Sep 17 2010Save9/17/10A vast magma ocean is bubbling beneath the Earth's mantleAlasdair Wilkins58Save1800 miles underground lies a mysterious zone between the Earth's mantle and core. Nobody is quite sure what's down…
Aug 12 2010Save8/12/10Oldest piece of Earth's mantle ever discovered dates back to the planet's formationAlasdair Wilkins211SaveEarth formed 4.54 billion years ago. But we've never found any rocks remaining from the time when our planet formed.…
Apr 2 2010Save4/2/10The World's Deepest Drill To Tickle Earth's MantleKyle VanHemert185SaveThe Chikyu research vessel is already the world's deepest drill, probing nearly 23,000 feet beneath the ocean floor.…