Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

A record-breaking deep earthquake registered in May 2025 offshore of Japan likely was not a tectonic event, but triggered by a mineralogical shift in Earth’s mantle.

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Here’s how it works. Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds. Known as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs), these ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

MOUNT Everest has long been considered the tallest mountain on Earth, but new research reveals it might not even come close.

THE moon is just a chunk of the Earth and not mainly part of an ancient planet as previously thought, scientists claim.

For years, scientists have been pondering the mysterious structures deep within the Earth. Research indicates that they are ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study found that oxygen-17 isotopes on the moon closely ...