Scientists have uncovered surprising evidence that helium, a gas long thought to be chemically inert, may actually bond with ...

The discovery that inert helium can form bonds with iron may reshape our understanding of Earth’s history. Researchers from ...

Scientists have identified another possible commonality between Earth and Mars: a solid inner core. Scientists have ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

The two continent-sized provinces have been known since the 1970s, but it’s only in the last few years we’ve started to ...

These results suggest that similar reactions between helium and iron may have occurred within Earth’s core shortly after its formation, trapping much of the primordial helium-3 in the material that ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

The moving metals in Earth's core create the planet's magnetic field. Our planet sits in a small corner of the Milky Way galaxy, 25,000 light-years from the galaxy's center. Our solar system lives ...

Consequently, even though it is one of the closest stars to Earth, such that its light takes only six years to get here, it ...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...

An international team led by researchers in Japan and Europe has discovered a new multi-planet system around a Sun-like star, ...