Hold onto your sense of balance. Scientists have found fresh proof that Earth doesn't just drift through space — sometimes, ...

Scientists drilled the deepest core yet, reaching near Earth's mantle, uncovering unique geological samples and offering new ...

While most of us take the ground beneath our feet for granted, written within its complex layers, like the pages of a book, ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

Think of them as the tough "core" of continents ... it down into the Earth's mantle. This phenomenon is gradually stripping away material from the bottom of the continent's crust.

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

Geodynamic models say deep mantle flow from the long-subducted Farallon slab is likely behind the massive underground “drips” forming beneath North America.

Researchers are now trying to understand the "innermost inner core" of the Earth by studying how seismic waves travel through the Earth.

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

Something strange is happening beneath the heart of North America. The continent’s ancient core, the craton, is changing ...