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Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

The left panel shows the solar system and Earth. The upper right panel presents the layered structure of the Earth, with arrows showing the coupling between mantle convection and tectonic plate motion ...

Scientists have made significant progress in drilling into the Earth’s crust, reaching unprecedented depths that bring them tantalizingly close to the mantle. This monumental feat aims to unlock ...

Japan has embarked on a daring mission to explore rare earths from the deep sea, aiming to reduce its heavy reliance on China ...

Traces of China's sci-tech exploration could be found on the snow-capped world's highest peaks, the underlying ecological texture of the vast land, the dark tranquility of the deep ocean, and the icy ...

Tokyo has been reducing its dependence on China for the critical minerals amid a major diplomatic dispute with Beijing.

Aside from penetrating the Earth's crust (hopefully without disturbing some science fiction horror), it's also a multi-purpose vessel capable of deep-sea resource exploration with a focus on finding ...

Research collaboration: State Key Laboratory of Deep Earth and Mineral Exploration is a research collaboration whose article contributions are accrued to its participating partner institutions.