Scientists’ stunning find in Hawaiian volcanic rocks offers a tantalizing glimpse into the planet’s inner workings and its hidden wealth. In a discovery that sounds straight out of a sci-fi thriller, ...

The iron-rich core at the centre of our planet has been a crucial part of Earth’s evolution. The core not only powers the magnetic field which shields our atmosphere and oceans from solar radiation, ...

A German university, Göttingen University, has literally "struck gold" in recent findings from volcanic rocks. A new study of these volcanic rocks from Hawaii, that leaked out from deep under the ...

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In a discovery that sounds straight out of a sci-fi thriller, scientists from Göttingen University in Germany have found traces of precious metals, including gold, leaking from Earth’s core into ...