New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

Scientists discover that large amounts of nitrogen could be hidden in the Earth's metallic core, which would solve a ...

Learn more about BLOBS, mantel plumes 1,500 miles into Earth's mantel that contribute to massive volcanic eruptions on the surface.

Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

The largest Mars meteorite ever found on Earth was sold at a Sotheby's auction in New York on Wednesday for $4.3 million.

Due to the radiative thermal conductivity of the mineral olivine, only oceanic plates over 60 million years old and ...

Volcanoes are rumbling as scientists monitor earthquakes at Washington's Mount Rainier and Alaska's Iliamna volcano.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...

New research reveals that only the oldest and fastest-sinking oceanic plates can transport water deep into Earth’s mantle, ...

The vertical movement of the mantle is one of the driving forces that brings about large-scale geological changes to the ...