Recently, a team of scientists involved in NASA’s InSight mission completed an analysis of seismic data recorded on Mars after a meteorite impact that occurred in September 2021. Their findings drastically change our view of the internal structure and evolution of the Red Planet. Based on these r
A supercomputer simulation has provided new evidence that continent-sized chunks of Theia, which helped create the moon, may still survive in the boundary between our planet's mantle and the core.
Using high-resolution imaging taken over many trips to Antarctica, geologists have discovered what could be an ancient sunken ocean floor beneath the Earth's surface.
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Through global-scale seismic imaging of Earth s interior, research led by The University of Alabama revealed a layer between the core and the mantle that is likely a dense, yet thin, sunk ocean floo