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

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

A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells ...

Deep beneath your feet is a subterranean melting pot. A fiery inferno ready to boil over at any moment. Anywhere or anytime.

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

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

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...

Greenland has long been treated as a static white cap on the top of the world, a frozen constant in an otherwise restless planet. A cluster of new findings, from buried landscapes to hidden fragments ...

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

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...