"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet," study lead Miki Nakajima, an associate professor in the ...
Super-Earths are the galaxy’s “middle children.” They are beefier than Earth but smaller than gas giants like Neptune. We ...
Earths, vast underground oceans of molten rock may be quietly doing the work of life’s first line of defense: generating ...
In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to the creation of a planet’s magnetic fields, which protect the entire planet ...
A layer of molten rock deep inside some rocky planets may be doing more than shaping their interiors. New research points to ...
Mars’ interior is harboring a huge secret. New analyses of seismic data from NASA’s InSight lander reveal that concealed beneath the Red Planet’s surface is a vast radioactive ocean of magma reaching ...
Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock sit just above Earth’s core, hot, dense and stubbornly different from ...