China has initiated a high-stakes mission, employing the Meng Xiang vessel to drill into the Earth's crust, aiming to reach ...

BENEATH the Earth's crust is an 'ocean' that contains almost as much ... As the water finally escapes the crystals, it may be under such pressure that it can trigger earthquakes hundreds of ...

China is going full Jules Verne as it prepares to go where no drill has gone before. As part of its Deep Ocean Drilling ...

study finds North America is 'dripping' down into Earth's mantle, scientists discover Scientists find hint of hidden liquid water ocean deep below Mars' surface "Normal ocean crust, once it gets ...

Instead the team targeted a “tectonic window” in the ocean where the Earth’s crust is unusually thin and rocks from the mantle have been pushed closer to the surface. Early this June, the elated crew ...

In 1981, scientists discovered one of the thinnest portions of the Earth’s crust — a 1-mile (1.6 kilometers) thick, earthquake-prone spot under the Atlantic Ocean where the American and African ...

Since the 1960s, scientists have been intrigued by a mysterious seismic pulse occurring every 26 seconds. Originating in the ...

But evaporation, freezing and rocks can’t quite account for all the water that must have covered Mars in the distant past. Calculations suggest the “missing” water is enough to cover the planet in an ...