Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

Geologists have spent decades trying to punch through Earth’s crust to reach the mantle, the vast rocky layer that makes up ...

Learn how seismic waves helped identify rare mantle earthquakes deep below Earth’s crust, offering new insight into the ...

Stanford researchers have created the first-ever global map of a rare earthquake type that occurs not in Earth's crust but in ...

A study of the East African Rift reveals that ancient heating and dehydration can strengthen continental crust, reshaping how and where continents break apart.

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

Researchers at Kyoto University have proposed a new physical model that explores how disturbances in the ionosphere may exert ...

While we have sent probes billions of kilometers into interstellar space, humans have barely scratched the surface of our own ...

A giant underwater canyon system in the Atlantic appears to have formed through tectonic forces rather than erosion.

Learn more about how Earth’s crust unzipped beneath the Atlantic Ocean, creating a giant underwater canyon.

PCWorld reports that scientists discovered Earth’s inner core has slowed its rotation relative to the crust, even appearing to stop moving in a phenomenon that occurs every 35 years. This iron-nickel ...