"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

Recent scientific discoveries reveal two extraordinary phenomena that could change our understanding of Earth's hydrology.

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

To find out, the team used whole-Earth oscillation data from 104 past earthquakes to create a detailed 3D model of the upper ...

A new paper released today documents the first soil, airfall dust, and rock fragment samples collected by NASA for return ...

The Earth's hard outer layer (where we live) is called the crust. It is made up of large slabs called tectonic plates. The plates fit together like jigsaw puzzle pieces far beneath our feet.

As two of Earth’s great tectonic plates crash together in super slow motion, the Mediterranean Sea is likely to be wiped off the face of the planet in the distant future, IFL Science reported.

A stunning new study is challenging the conventional wisdom about Earth’s continents. For years, we’ve been taught that Earth ...

This was when the Earth was one continent called Pangaea that slowly broke apart and spread out to form the continents we ...

Africa is dividing in two, and a new landmass and ocean may form sooner than expected. The change could alter the climate and ...