One of the biggest geological mysteries surrounding our planet is known as The Great Unconformity. It refers to the ...

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

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study has found that Earth's very first protocrust was surprisingly similar to ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today’s continental crust. This ...

A pie chart can show collected data in sectors. Each sector can be labelled, or can be colour coded with a key. When drawing a pie chart, a protractor will be used to draw the angles accurately.

Did you know that our planet’s crust has tides too? Brown University's Harriet Lau explains how they are different to the ocean. The Travel Show visits an immersive experience that brings to ...

Beneath the American Midwest, on the continent of North America, the underside of Earth's crust is dripping into the planetary interior. There, blobs of molten rock are coalescing in the upper ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Earth's first crust, formed around 4.5 billion years ago, likely had chemical features similar to today's continental crust, suggesting that the distinctive ...