A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

The ocean plate was once the seafloor of Neotethys — an ocean that formed when the supercontinent Pangaea broke up into a ...

While continental drifts take eons to fully effectuate, this ongoing split has experts concerned about its rapid progress.

Researchers at the University of Göttingen discovered that the Neotethys oceanic plate beneath the Arabian and Eurasian ...

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For centuries, we have been taught that there are seven continents, but new research has suggested there are actually only six.

An international research team led by the University of Göttingen has investigated the influence of the forces exerted by the ...

Earth might not have seven continents after all. From an early age, most of us are taught to recognize seven continents: Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Oceania, Europe, North America, and South America.

While the geographical North Pole stays fixed in place (at the very summit of the Earth's rotational axis), the WMM pinpoints the magnetic North Pole – where Earth's magnetic field points straight ...

Sir James Clark Ross discovered magnetic north pole in 1831 in northern Canada. British scientists have recently revealed that Earth's magnetic north pole is drifting towards Russia at an ...

not fully broken apart. This groundbreaking discovery implies that what we thought were two continents might still be a single landmass. If true, this would redefine Earth’s geography and shake the ...