New research reveals Earth's continents began forming much earlier than once believed, based on ancient crystal chemistry and ...

Ancient crystals reveal that Earth began recycling its crust and forming continents billions of years earlier than scientists ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

Scientists have identified a new giant lizard, Bolg amondol, from Utah’s Kaiparowits Formation, named after Tolkien’s goblin ...

Four and a half billion years ago, Jupiter rapidly grew to its massive size. Its powerful gravitational pull disrupted the orbits of small rocky and icy bodies similar to modern asteroids and comets, ...

The Indian Ocean Geoid Low (IOGL), a significant gravitational anomaly, has puzzled scientists for decades. Research suggests ...

Thirty years ago, Ukraine took ownership of the former British Faraday Station (now Vernadsky) in Antarctica. Charles Cockell ...

Scientists have discovered colossal mountain-like structures, known as Large Low Shear Velocity Provinces (LLSVPs), buried deep within the Earth's man ...

Astronomers may have figured out where the mysterious blobs embedded in Mars' mantle originated.

Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk of losing homes, businesses—and lives—as giant “gullies” expand into cities across Africa ...

The Tibet is changing in real time, and researchers are trying to understand what is going on under the surface to have a ...