Earthquake scientists rely on distant seismic instruments to infer how faults rupture during large earthquakes. This video ...

The Earth's crust is doing something pretty intense—it’s slowly breaking apart! Scientists say tectonic plates, those massive puzzle pieces that make up our planet’s surface, are shifting and cracking ...

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

The Icelandic Meteorological Office reported the eruption officially began at 3:56 a.m. local time. Following updates from the office noted that the fissure in the earth's crust where lava was flowing ...

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

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

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...