New research reveals that early Earth concealed a deep ocean of magma, which may explain today's anomalies in the planet's ...

Geologists have made a groundbreaking discovery: the Indian Plate is splitting, with a portion peeling away and sinking into ...

What roils beneath the Earth’s surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean ...

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

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

A rare geological process is tearing the Indian Plate apart deep beneath the surface, scientists have discovered. In a study ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging the idea that these ancient crustal structures are immovable. Seismic ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging ... a downward dragging force on the continent and is "both redirecting the ...