The Giant Impact Hypothesis has long fascinated scientists as the leading explanation for the Moon's formation. Around 4.5 ...

Seismic imaging has uncovered two immense regions in Earth’s mantle that challenge our understanding of its composition and ...

Earth's continents are slowly moving across the planet's surface due to plate tectonics, culminating in regions of crustal ...

After more than seventy years of research, scientists have finally solved the mystery of the Indian Ocean’s enormous gravity ...

Whether convection in the Earth's mantle extends through its ... indicate that some subducted oceanic plates, known as slabs, sink all the way into the lower mantle (Fig. 1).

Scientists discovered that ancient remnants of the Tethys Ocean, sinking deep into Earth ... mantle over millions of years. Approximately 20 million years ago, these fragments reached the mantle's ...

When the Indian plate traveled northwards and collided with the Eurasian plate, the crust of Tethys was subducted into the mantle of the Earth ... occurred over millions of years and depend on ...

This article was originally published with the title “ The Plastic Layer of the Earth's Mantle ” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 207 No. 1 (July 1962), p. 52 doi:10.1038 ...

Earth's deepest gravitational anomaly, known as the 'gravity hole,' lies 1,200 km southwest of India in the Indian Ocean.

Dec 5 (Reuters) - Air Products (APD.N), opens new tab said on Thursday Paul Hilal-backed activist investor Mantle Ridge has withdrawn its proposal to replace the company's entire board and will ...

Known as a "gravity hole", it lies in the Indian Ocean and is the deepest dent in our planet's gravitational field. The sea levels in this circular region are 348 feet lower than any other place on ...