It feels like there have been staggering science stories emerging every other day recently, all of which have blown our tiny ...

Earth's crust, or the outermost shell of the planet, has drastically changed throughout geologic history, mostly due to the ...

A ground-breaking discovery is sparking hope that geothermal energy at least five times more powerful than current wells ...

dark hotspots of life extend beyond what’s visible above the crust Margherita Bassi Earth's highest peak has gained as much as an extra 165 feet in elevation as the planet's crust adjusts due to ...

On Earth, the distribution of elements is complex due to processes that took place during the planet's formation.

Cratons are believed to be the longest-lived regions of the Earth, but a new study shows how dynamic processes can cause their eventual disintegration.

Earth’s solid outer layer, which includes the crust and the uppermost mantle ... a 2023 study in the journal Science suggests. Below the lithosphere is the asthenosphere — a viscous layer ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Lava that erupts from hotspots around the world seems to come from a similar ancestral magma, new research finds.

An unexpected find in tiny crystals hints that the Earth's mantle may not quite behave as has been believed for nearly a century.

A six-mile-thick crust of methane trapped in water ice could explain many of the saturnian moon's weird properties ...

A new study has revealed that methane gas may be trapped within the icy surface of Saturn's moon Titan, forming a distinct crust up to ... School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology (SOEST ...