A careful analysis of the complex boundary where four tectonic plates meet reveals that one of the slabs is tearing itself ...

The Grand Canyon is a gigantic geological library, with rocky layers that tell much of the story of Earth’s history.

James Webb Space Telescope observations show interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS has a 50-65 foot irradiated crust formed by billions of years of cosmic ray exposure. Research posted to arXiv indicates the co ...

This shift in Earth’s tectonic tempo had profound implications above ground. With less volcanic carbon dioxide heating the ...

Earth's mantle is so gooey, it takes eons for material that has been displaced by the weight of ice sheets to flow back. And ...

The discovery, made just off the coast of Vancouver Island in the Pacific Ocean, shows that a section of the oceanic crust is ...

A study led by researchers from the University of Sydney and the University of Adelaide has revealed how the breakup of an ...

Around 1,000 people registered online that they felt the earthquake, according to the Maryland Geological Survey.

Extreme heat forged Earth’s continents billions of years ago, creating the stable foundation that made life possible.

An enormous area of the Earth’s crust has torn and slumped, dropping about 5 kilometers (3 miles). We’ve only just noticed ...

A new geological model revolutionizes a century of theories: a rigid wedge of mantle keeps the Himalayas standing.

For years, textbooks taught that shallow faults—cracks in the Earth’s upper crust—were too stable to cause earthquakes. Once ...