A chunk of the Earth's crust is missing and scientists have discovered where it is ...

The Earth is four and a half billion years old, so why they started appearing then is unknown, as is the mechanism to make that continental crust.” Johnson and his colleagues are now arguing that the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Bressan is a geologist who covers curiosities about Earth. The chemistry of crystals in some of Earth’s oldest rocks may ...

Recent satellite data reveal that the Konya Basin in the Central Anatolian Plateau of Türkiye is continually being reshaped over millions of years, according to a new analysis led by Earth scientists ...

Like a moth in a cocoon, the metamorphosis of Earth's crust from molten goop to solid land is hidden from view, leaving scientists to guess at how the eons-long process unfolds. Using nearly four ...

Why do some earthquakes release more energy than others? A research team led by Prof. Dr. Armin Dielforder from the University of Greifswald has managed to demonstrate a clear physical connection ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new ...

Bathymetry of the seafloor around the Southeast Indian Rift where two tectonic plates abruptly opened a portal to the magmatic underworld in April 2024. (Royer et al., Nature, 2026) Most of our planet ...

Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known ...

Our planet has calmed down in its middle age. Earth was at its most active 1.1 billion years ago, when all the continents collided into one huge supercontinent, and has been getting calmer ever since.

PCWorld reports that scientists discovered Earth’s inner core has slowed its rotation relative to the crust, even appearing to stop moving in a phenomenon that occurs every 35 years. This iron-nickel ...

A rare worm species, Halicephalobus mephisto, was discovered deep underground in South Africa. This microscopic creature thrives in extreme heat and pressure, conditions previously thought ...