Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for ...

Plate tectonics give rise to Earth's mountain ranges, earthquakes and the long-term movement of continents, and may even have provided the right conditions for life on Earth. But as far as we know ...

Researchers have discovered evidence suggesting that the Indian tectonic plate may be splitting apart beneath the surface, particularly in the region near Tibet. This finding has sparked discussions ...

As the Indian and Eurasian tectonic plates converged, a slow collision became geologically inevitable. This collision presented two possible outcomes: one plate overriding the other, or both plates ...

Scientists analyzing seismic data from southern Tibet discovered that the Indian tectonic plate is fragmenting as it subducts beneath the Eurasian plate, reshaping our understanding of the forces ...