A first thought when describing a rock formation likely isn't a mille-feuille, but there are actually certain types composed ...

A subduction zone breaking apart was caught in real time, showing how Earth’s tectonic plates die, detach, and reshape the ...

With unprecedented clarity, scientists have directly observed a subduction zone—the collision point where one tectonic plate ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

The findings suggest Earth’s geological story was partly written in the stars – specifically, in the spiral arms of our home ...

In a groundbreaking study published in Science Advances (2025), scientists uncovered a fascinating and unusual process ...

Cratons are thick and relatively cold, making them very durable during earth’s history. Continents, and their craton cores, ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

For decades geologists thought the slow rise of South Africa’s southern coast was driven by forces deep below—buoyant plumes ...

Two earthquakes struck Myanmar, with magnitudes of 3.6 and 3.1 occurring on October 3 and 2, 2025, respectively.

Study finds evidence of a possible star explosion 10 million years ago by discovering unusually high levels of cosmic rays in ...