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 ...

Now, people are only just realising that there’s a massive ocean hidden under the Earth’s crust. It turns out there’s a huge ...

The origin of life, and how to get to that very point, have been as mysterious as they are fascinating. It is one of the greatest questions that humans have att ...

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale warning signs. That’s what happened two years ago with the world’s largest active volcano in ...

The existence of “Snowball Earth” is now widely accepted, but the idea ice coverage was universal is so extraordinary and ...

A ground-breaking discovery is sparking hope that geothermal energy at least five times more powerful than current wells ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

A new study hints at the possibility of life on Saturn's moon Titan, where methane-rich layers beneath its icy crust could harbor biomarkers from a hidden ocean. Scientists believe future missions ...

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

A new study, led by planetary scientists at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, revealed that methane gas may also be trapped ...

The North China Craton (NCC) is a very old and stable geological structure, experiencing deformations since the Mesozoic era.