A Zone Under Antarctica Has the Weakest Gravity on Earth—and It’s Evolving, Scientists Say

The “gravity hole” formed at least 70 million years ago after convection in Earth’s mantle. The weak gravity could impact our ...
Nature

Earth’s oldest crystals suggest an early start for plate tectonics

Ancient rock crystals from Australia suggest that early Earth might not have been as different as scientists had thought from ...
KSMU

Astro Brief: Earth's Interior Core

Astro Brief is a collaboration between KSMU, the Missouri Space Grant, and MSU's Department of Physics, Astronomy and ...

Ancient zircon crystals provide a window into early Earth history

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the Earth's mantle begin to vigorously circulate in a process called ...