Seismic waves from earthquakes have always offered a window into Earth’s hidden interior. For decades, researchers believed ...

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

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an extraordinary living being” that is “continuously changing.” ...

A hidden continent existed under Greenland's ice. Scientists found this lost continental fragment. It is called the Davis ...

Over 4.6 billion years ago, Earth took shape from a spinning cloud of dust and gas surrounding the young sun. Tiny particles ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...