A ‘ghost plume’ identified deep in the mantle beneath Oman suggests there may be more heat flowing out of Earth’s core than ...

Earth’s earliest crust may have looked a lot more like the continents we know today than scientists once believed. A recent study shakes up old ideas about how Earth's surface evolved, showing that ...

Dive into the world beneath your feet and discover what tectonic plates are, how they move, and why they're responsible for ...

This type of flow form of mantle convection, moves heat through Earth’s interior and reshapes how we think about the planet’s ...

The emotions of youth become less all-important and less demanding of our attention. Young people feel that every perceived slight needs ...

Scientists have discovered the single largest repository of gold in the world that makes Fort Knox look like a piggy bank.

We found big chunks of the impactor Theia.” With those five words to The New York Times, Caltech geophysicist Qian Yuan ...

An exhaustive examination of lunar gravity using data obtained by two NASA robotic spacecraft is offering new clues about why ...

Advocates say there's more room for federal involvement when it comes to extreme heat, a weather pattern that kills hundreds ...

As the years go by, the chances of Europa hosting life seem to keep going down. But it's not out of contention yet.

Volcanic regions like Etna are known to be rich in various minerals and elements. Mount Erebus, one of the world’s most ...

Enigmatic structures on Venus could reveal unexpected activity. These formations, called coronae, are massive circular to ...