In a recent study, researchers from Curtin University and the Geological Survey of Western Australia unearthed compelling ...

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

before pulling it down into the Earth's mantle. This phenomenon is gradually stripping away material from the bottom of the continent's crust. Using a high-resolution seismic technique called full ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition ... previously thought to occur only in continental crusts made by the process of subduction, in which one tectonic plate slides under ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be how the continents formed, they say.

it is humbling realizations like these that make us marvel at the intricacies of the world we inhabit and the vast universe beyond. Certain minerals in the Earth's crust, like olivine, serpentine ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says, and in ...

Juno sheds light on Jupiter’s polar storms and Io’s hidden lava, offering insights at two of the solar system’s most extreme ...

Earth’s uppermost layer, the lithosphere, is made up of the rigid crust and the top part of the mantle, which is in a denser, but more fluid state. This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic ...