An artistic illustration about Theia impacting the proto-Earth. Credit: Hernan Canellas/image courtesy of ASU Recent research indicates that Earth’s mantle contains two large blobs, remnants…
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A note discovered in a 15th-century Hebrew prayer book by Paolo Galli reveals a previously unknown earthquake in Italy’s Marche region, offering vital insights into…
Since the 1980s, seismic stations have been detecting an increase in ocean wave intensity, correlating with climate change. A Colorado State University study, analyzing over…
Artist’s view of Mars’ interior structure showing a molten layer at the base of the mantle and above the core. The purple line shows the…
Illustration of silica crystals coming out from the liquid metal of the Earth’s outer core due to a water-induced chemical reaction. Credit: Dan Shim/ASU A…
The large low velocity provinces (LLVPs) in the deep Earth mantle may be relics of Theian mantle materials. Credit: Hongping Deng and Hangzhou Sphere Studio…
Artist’s view of the internal structure of Mars showing the propagation of diffracted waves from the September 2021 meteorite impact to the SEIS seismometer of…
Earthquakes are sudden and intense shaking of the ground caused by the movement of tectonic plates or volcanic activity. They can occur anywhere in the…
Representation of the meteorite impact of December 24, 2021 (S1094b) on the planet Mars and the propagation of surface waves to the SEIS seismometer of…
Wavefield simulation on Mars. The first observation of surface waves on Mars reveals details of the planet’s crust. Kim et al., (2022) Science. Credit: ETH…
Monitoring the composition of magma gasses could help predict dangerous volcanic eruptions. Scientists want to take the knowledge from this discovery and build a 24/7…
An illustration of the Martian interior. Credit: Dr Sheng Wang and Professor Hrvoje Tkalcic/ANU A new method to scan the deep interior of planets in…
Wavefield simulation. The first observation of surface waves on Mars reveals details of planet’s crust. Credit: ETH Zurich, Doyeon Kim, Martin van Driel, and Christian…
Researchers have discovered detectable changes in the local magnetic field that occur 2-3 days before an earthquake. Magnetometers detected faint signals that may improve our…
A one-second discrepancy in the travel time of a set of seismic waves gives us an important and unprecedented glimpse of what’s happening deeper in…
Animation of the Earth’s layers. New research led by the University of Cambridge is the first to obtain a detailed ‘image’ of an unusual pocket…
Azimuthal anisotropy (black dashed lines showing the fast direction of wave speeds) in the mantle at 200 km depth plotted on top of vertically polarized…
Earthquakes themselves affect the movement of Earth’s tectonic plates, which in turn could impact on future earthquakes, according to new research from the University of…
Ultra-Low Velocity Zones sit between the Earth’s outer core and lower mantle. Researchers have uncovered the most detail ever of the mysterious structures laying between…
Anak Krakatau volcano erupting. The dramatic collapse of Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano in December 2018 resulted from long-term destabilizing processes, and was not triggered by…