In a recent study, researchers from Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia unearthed compelling ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition ... early Earth was quite different from today's. As the Earth solidified from molten rock, the iron-rich portions of that magma sank ...

Scientists drilled the deepest core yet, reaching near Earth's mantle, uncovering unique geological samples and offering new ...

Seismologists studying earthquake patterns in California have uncovered extraordinary evidence of a rare geological process ...

Iran's folded rocks are a colorful formation that is part of the Greater Caucasus mountains, which formed when the Eurasian ...

Learn how planet Earth’s only natural satellite was formed, its weird features like a black sky and extreme temperatures and ...