The mysterious ‘ghost mountains’ – buried beneath kilometres of Antarctic ice – have puzzled scientists for decades.

In a development that could reshape our understanding of tectonic movement, scientists have found massive fractures forming ...

Geoscientists from the University of Toronto have made a breakthrough discovery that adds new dimensions to the theory of ...

For millions of years, Earth’s moving plates have sculpted continents, carved oceans, and built massive mountain ranges. Yet ...

Volatiles are crucial for sustaining life and Earth's habitability, with subduction zones being the main pathways for these ...

This continental ... crust, lifting the Arabian peninsula and helping build the land connection between Africa and Eurasia. “The shallow seaway closed several million years before it otherwise likely ...

Scientists previously assumed the Indian plate slid smoothly beneath Asia. The process was assumed to lift the mountains gradually. But now, new data indicates something quite different.

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

So, this could be the crust, mantle or even the planet's core. Learning about the interiors of planets is extremely challenging. Doing this even for planets within our solar system is difficult.