Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...

Deep beneath the mountains of the Himalayas, something remarkable is taking place. The vast, rocky plate supporting India, ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

New research has revealed what could have led to the splitting of two major continents, as evidence from the event can still ...

SWOT satellite data has been used to map the seafloor, revealing 100,000 seamounts, more than double the number previously ...

An incredible effort has been made to map the mystery missing continent of Zealandia which was only recently discovered ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

The melting of glaciers is accelerating, reducing the weight of ice on the continental crust. The result? Antarctica, much like Greenland, is rising. The melting of the ice cap, a real ticking time ...

US Geological Survey geologists estimated large potential for—and large uncertainty about—the amount of hydrogen ...