Scientists estimate it will take at least 5 to 10 million years for the Afar region to be fully submerged. When that happens, ...

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission delivered samples from asteroid Bennu, revealing crucial molecules linked to life, including amino acids and nucleobases found in DNA and RNA. The presence of ammonia and ...

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

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has rattled southern Texas in the vicinity of San Antonio, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) ...

For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Understanding plate tectonics is key to grasping how the Earth’s geology works and how oceans and continents came to be.

Experts from UNH explain how rare the 3.8 magnitude earthquake was and the likelihood of significant aftershocks.

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for a ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge 'islands' with the size of a continent. New research shows that these regions are not only hotter than the surrounding graveyard of cold sunken ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...