The curious minds at What If imagine a world where Earth loses its core, and civilization collapses as a result.

Beneath Earth s surface, nearly 3,000 kilometers down, lies a mysterious layer where seismic waves speed up inexplicably. For ...

German scientists analyzed Hawaiian volcanic rocks and found evidence of gold leaking from Earth's core. The research reveals ...

Scientists discover hidden "ghost plume" beneath Oman using earthquake data, revealing Earth's secret heat pathways.

Almost all of Earth’s gold is hundreds of feet below the surface. But some of it is oozing from the core into the mantle.

A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

Gold and other precious metals are leaking from Earth’s core into the layers above, eventually making their way up to the surface during the formation of volcanic islands like Hawaii ...