India, Aug. 5 -- A mysterious 'hot blob' is moving towards New York City, leaving scientists puzzled. UK scientists have found a massive 'blob' of rock under the Appalachian mountains, and it is headed towards the Big Apple, a study published in the journal Geology claimed.

"This thermal upwelling has long been a puzzling feature of North American geology," Tom Gernon, the study's lead author and Professor of Earth Science at the University of Southampton, said.

The 'hot blob' is officially called Northern Appalachian Anomaly (NAA), and lies 125 feet deep underground and extends 220 miles across New England.

This was originally thought to have formed 180 million years ago, when North America had broken away from Africa. Now, new resear...