For a long time, scientists thought the Earth's inner core was a solid ball of metal, sort of like a planet within a planet that sits some 3,000 miles (4,828 kilometers) below the surface.

Weather can be as unpredictable as it is fascinating. From the gentle patter of rain to the ferocity of thunderstorms, the ...

Earth is made out of different layers, and those layers get hotter ... Marilyn Perkins is the content manager at Live Science. She is a science writer and illustrator based in Los Angeles, California.

A new study of decades worth of seismogram data shows that the surface of Earth’s iron and nickel core is more malleable than scientists thought.

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

The Earth is absorbing more sunlight and trapping more heat than it releases into space, causing our planet to warm up at an ...

The "dimming effect" is attributed to changes in cloud cover, which could be influenced by rising temperatures or declining air pollution levels.

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...

The find could hold implications for understanding the origin of life here on Earth.

Tectonic plates move, causing strain energy to build up, and that energy eventually releases in the form of an earthquake. As ...