A project led by the University of Washington to better understand our atmosphere's complexity is a finalist for NASA's next generation of Earth-observing satellites. STRIVE seeks to better understand ...

The research into what lies deep, deep beneath our feet has yielded precious few details over the past few decades. We all grew up learning that we live on the Earth's crust, which is just a thin ...

Deep within Earth, there lies a mysterious layer called the D" layer. Located roughly 3,000 kilometers down, this zone sits just above the boundary between the planet's molten outer core and its solid ...

Earth might have more layers than scientists thought. New research finds that there may be a hidden layer inside the Earth's solid inner core — an inner-inner core, if you will. The precise nature of ...

A study by researchers at the Australian National University (ANU) suggests the existence of a distinct fifth layer within Earth's inner core, termed an "innermost inner core," located approximately 3 ...

When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in Cincinnati, Ohio. My grandfather joked that if I kept digging, I would end up in China. In fact, if I had been able to dig straight through the ...

Intense pressure and sweltering temperature would accompany a trip down through Earth's layers and out through the other side. However, this trip would be possible only in science fiction. When you ...