Is The Earth's Mantle Full of Diamonds?
Parts of the Earth’s mantle might be loaded with diamonds, if a new model turns out to be correct. But no, you can’t…
Japan's Scientists Believe They'll Be the First to Reach Earth's Mantle
Once again, scientists are looking inward to explore the next frontier. Researchers at Japan’s Agency for Marine-Earth…
We Were Totally Wrong About What's Happening Inside Earth's Mantle
For the first time, geologists have compiled a global map of the wave-like motions called “convective currents” inside…
Humans Are Once Again Attempting to Reach Earth's Mantle
Humans have dreamt of of drilling to the center of the Earth for over a century, but the fact of the matter is, we…
The $1 Billion Journey to the Mantle of the Earth
In an unprecedented $1 billion mission to reach the Earth's mantle, geologists are set to start drilling 3.7 miles (6…
How Earth Got Its Oxygen
If you're currently living on our pale blue dot, you should thank it for becoming inhabitable for us human folk.…
X-rays reveal why the Moon has no volcanoes
The Moon is an almost completely still world, its eternal peace and quiet disrupted only by the occasional meteor or…
Where is all the Earth's heat coming from?
Earth runs on massive amounts of heat, enough to melt iron in the core and create our magnetic field, enough to power…
The Earth's core melts and freezes all at the same time
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…
A history of supercontinents on planet Earth
Earth's continents are constantly changing, moving and rearranging themselves over millions of years - affecting…
Methane-eating bacteria alive and well in the deepest layer of Earth's crust
Nearly a mile underground, there's an entire ecosystem carving out a rather alien existence in the deepest layer of…
A vast magma ocean is bubbling beneath the Earth's mantle
1800 miles underground lies a mysterious zone between the Earth's mantle and core. Nobody is quite sure what's down…
Oldest piece of Earth's mantle ever discovered dates back to the planet's formation
Earth formed 4.54 billion years ago. But we've never found any rocks remaining from the time when our planet formed.…
The World's Deepest Drill To Tickle Earth's Mantle
The Chikyu research vessel is already the world's deepest drill, probing nearly 23,000 feet beneath the ocean floor.…