Clues to our planet’s dramatic past are in the layers of rocks we might overlook. A great guide shows why they deserve our ...

Scientists have uncovered new signs of a mysterious structure buried deep inside Earth’s inner core, pointing to the possibility of a fifth distinct layer within the planet. The discovery, detailed in ...

So much is made of scientific discoveries in outer space, as we try to broaden our horizons and explore the surface of Mars, ...

It's the first time Earth's geologic record — information found inside rocks — has been used to create an animation of this kind.

Stanford scientists reveal that meandering rivers existed long before plants stabilized their banks, challenging a central ...

Scientists long wondered whether there were places on Earth where extremely hot material from the core of the Earth moves up through the mantle, and if these plumes were responsible for some volcanic ...

"Heat at the base of a continent can weaken and remove part of its dense root, making the continent lighter and more buoyant, ...

Earth's core is leaking gold.Scientists at the University of Göttingen in Germany have recently been studying the geology of ancient rocks in Hawai'i that were formed of lava that erupted from a ...