But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

A large chunk of the Earth's crust is missing but scientists have now discovered where it is located.The world is constantly throwing puzzling questions at scientists, with new technology like space ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

Earth’s solid outer layer, which includes the crust and the uppermost mantle, is called the lithosphere. It is between 36 and 87 miles (60 and 140 kilometers) thick, a 2023 study in the journal ...

Where does the periodic table of chemical elements end and which processes lead to the existence of heavy elements? Researchers report on experiments to come closer to an answer. They gained insight ...

The breakthrough comes thanks to "superdeep, superhot" rocks miles below the surface of Earth's crust, according to a press release published by distribution platform EurekAlert. Previously, ...

From time to time, when Earth's tectonic plates shift, the planet emits a long, slow belch of carbon dioxide. In a new ...

Data from NISAR will improve our understanding of such phenomena as earthquakes, volcanoes, and landslides, as well as damage ...