The leading explanation for all of these mysteries is known as the giant impact hypothesis. According to this story, when the solar system was just getting started, a Mars-size protoplanet named Theia ...

Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments seek secure supply.

From smartphones to wind turbines, rare earth elements (REEs) are an essential part of the hardware in many advanced ...

“Such fluctuations can make rocks more brittle and prone to fracturing, for example - and changes in rainfall and ... since heat and water mostly affect the upper layers of the Earth’s crust.” The ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

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

Rare earth metals are making headlines as demand rises for products from smartphones to wind turbines, and as governments seek secure supply.

"Such fluctuations can make rocks more brittle and prone to fracturing, for example -- and changes ... mostly affect the upper layers of the Earth's crust," said Junqueira Saldanha.

"Such fluctuations can make rocks more brittle and prone to fracturing, for example—and changes in ... mostly affect the upper layers of the Earth's crust," said Junqueira Saldanha.

Scientists believe that the LLVPs are made up of accumulated oceanic crust subducted down ... asymmetry in density, for example using observations of Earth's gravitational field," Koelemeijer ...