"A strong magnetic field is very important for life on a planet." ...

Deep beneath the surface of distant exoplanets known as super-Earths, oceans of molten rock may be doing something ...

In addition to shaping the interior of rocky planets, molten rock located deep within these planets may also contribute to ...

A new study suggests molten rock layers within massive exoplanets create powerful magnetic fields that can protect potential ...

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 ...

How can magnetic fields help determine the habitability of exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature ...

Astronomers have spent the past decade cataloguing thousands of planets beyond the solar system, many of them falling into a ...

A spot in eastern Africa called the Afar Triangle marks the meeting point of three rift zones—lines where Earth’s crust is being rent apart. Researchers haven’t been sure exactly what drives this ...