Large-scale volcanic eruptions have severe impacts. One such event contributed to the extinction of dinosaurs, in addition to the asteroid that struck Earth 66 million years ago. These phenomena ...

A new study from the University of Florida analyzing moon rock samples from a Chinese lunar exploration mission is rewriting ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

In the scorching deserts of East Africa, the ground is slowly tearing itself apart — a slow-motion, geological drama. Over millions of years, the African continent will cleave in two, and scientists ...

Earth's continents may look fixed on a globe, but they've been drifting, splitting and reforming over billions of years—and ...