Scientists found that the speed at which continents split apart directly influences how molten rock flows deep beneath ...

You might think you know all of Earth’s continents, but there’s one that has remained hidden for millions of years. Zealandia, a massive landmass mostly submerged beneath the southwest Pacific Ocean, ...

Scientists found a rhythmic mantle plume beneath Ethiopia is slowly tearing Africa apart - hinting at the birth of a new ...

Scientists discover hidden "ghost plume" beneath Oman using earthquake data, revealing Earth's secret heat pathways.

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...

The Afar junction is the point at which the Arabian, Nubian, and Somalian plates meet, each departing in their own directions to leave a widening gap under the Afar Triangle. Eventually, the crust ...

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

A massive crack in East Africa is growing fast. Scientists believe it could one day split the continent and form Earth’s ...

The Flying Ministers: The Salvation Army’s “Flying Padres” cross the Australian outback by air, dropping in on ranches and ...

Some folks already caught a sci-fi-level glimpse of it on Thursday, when a blazing meteor put a hole in a Georgia house.