Scientists' discovery of giant mantle structures reveals deep Earth mysteries beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean. The post ...

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

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Around 5 million years ago, the Zanclean Megaflood filled the dry Mediterranean Sea with Atlantic Ocean water, carving a trench through the Strait of Gibraltar ...

UNLV geoscientist Arya Udry shares what motivates her in studying space, her work on the Mars Perseverance mission, and the world of knowledge a meteorite can bring.

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New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

The 205-mile-deep hidden mantle zone under the Caribbean could reshape our understanding of Earth's interior.

With a computer rendering, he helped scientists understand that the earth, with its shifting tectonic plates, is “an ...

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...

Trump and other conservatives have railed against what they see as inappropriate focus by national parks and other historical sites on America's history of enslavement, land theft and discrimination.