New research suggests that the Earth's solid inner core is softer and more dynamic than previously thought, changing ideas.

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something ...

At the beginning of the exoplanet age, the goals were fairly simple. The first was to find as many of them as possible to ...

Jets are colossal structures that erupt from the poles of an actively feeding black hole. The black hole devours clouds of ...

Earth's core might be layered like an onion, according to a new study that looked at the anomalous nature of waved in the planet's iron center.

Deep beneath our feet, far beyond the reach of any drill, new research suggests that Earth’s center is far more intricate than a simple metal ball. Instead of a single solid sphere, the inner core ...

Seismic waves passing through Earth's inner core have revealed much about our planet's iron center: how it's changing shape, reversing its spin, is weirdly textured, and contains an unusual state of ...

Billions of years ago, Earth was an uninhabitable rock covered in magma. Scientists are still working to decipher the tale of how it transformed into a blue and green orb teeming with life. However, ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet lies the Earth’s core, a solid ball of iron under crushing pressure. Now, however, scientists conducting laboratory experiments have found evidence suggesting it ...

In a quiet New Jersey laboratory, researchers led by Christopher F. Chyba, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Professor of International Affairs and Astrophysical Sciences at Princeton, designed a small ...