The layers of Earth provide geologists and geophysicists clues to how Earth formed, the layers that make up other planetary bodies, the source of Earth's resources, and much more. Modern advances have ...

The rotation of the Earth's inner core may be reversing, scientists have found in a study that sheds new light on geological processes occurring deep within our planet. The results of the research, ...

thermal characteristics (temperature changes), chemical composition, movement, and density. Each of the layers are bounded by "pauses" where the greatest changes in thermal characteristics, chemical ...

There is more to Earth than what we can see on the surface. Both the exterior and interior regions of the planet are made up of many layers with various properties. These layers are formed because of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. Throughout the history of life on Earth, there's been a little-noticed ...

When I was a kid, I liked to dig holes in my backyard in Cincinnati, Ohio. My grandfather joked that if I kept digging, I would end up in China. In fact, if I had been able to dig straight through the ...