China is set to venture where humanity has scarcely been before: beneath the Earth's crust, into its mantle. To achieve this ...

Scientists reveal glaciers may have scraped away miles of Earth's crust during 'Snowball Earth,' erasing a billion years of ...

Giant regions of the mantle where seismic waves slow down may have formed from subducted ocean crust, a new study finds.

Evidence of elevated volcanic activity indicate eruption of Alaska's Mount Spurr volcano could happen within weeks or months, ...

Solar-driven temperature shifts alter rock properties and underground water movement, potentially making the Earth’s crust ...

The discovery of a massive crater formed by the impact of a meteorite more than 3.5 billion years ago is changing the way ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

A rocky stretch in Western Australia's Pilbara, near Earth's earliest-confirmed lifeforms, was hit by a meteorite about 3.5 ...

Computer models that factor in the Sun's impact on Earth's surface temperatures are providing more accurate simulations of ...

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

Mount Spurr, located about 75 miles West of Anchorage, has been acting up in recent weeks, prompting officials at the U.S.