The first global high-resolution map of the boundary between Earth’s crust and mantle – the Moho – has been produced based on data from ESA’s GOCE gravity satellite. Understanding the Moho will offer ...

Project Moho was named after the Mohorovičić discontinuity or Moho, which is a fundamental boundary within the Earth's interior. Discovered in 1909 by Croatian seismologist Andrija Mohorovičić, it's ...

Half in jest, the American Miscellaneous Society (AMSOC) was “founded” by alphabet-weary scientists at the Office of Naval Research in 1952. AMSOC has about 50 members, but no records, dues, laws or ...

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Beneath the Earth's crust, the outermost hard shell that makes up just 1 percent of the volume of the planet, lies a hot, viscous layer of rock called the mantle. Together, the crust and upper portion ...

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A dense crystalline "rain" falling into Earth's mantle could explain how a mysterious seismic boundary forms beneath the crust, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal Nature. The ...