The Continental Collision That Started It All The collision between India and Eurasia began roughly 50 to 55 million years ...

New research reveals that Earth’s continents owe their stability to searing heat deep in the planet’s crust. At more than 900°C, radioactive elements shifted upward, cooling and strengthening the ...

Mountains rise, continents merge and split, and earthquakes shake the ground. All of these processes result from plate tectonics, the movement of enormous chunks of Earth's crust. This movement may be ...

Explore Earth's highest and lowest points—from Mount Everest and the Dead Sea to Challenger Deep. Discover how these extremes ...

Rising levels of CO2 in the atmosphere may trigger a series of geological and biological processes that could ensure the next ...

Jan Beutel was half-watching a live stream of Kleines Nesthorn, a mountain peak in the Swiss Alps, when he realized its cacophony of creaks and rumbles was getting louder. He dropped his work, turned ...

The article highlights the paradox of widespread belief in the abundance of life in the universe juxtaposed with humanity's singular known example on a planet facing rapid climate change. It ...

For billions of years, Earth's continents have remained remarkably stable, forming the foundation for mountains, ecosystems ...

Why it's incredible: Mount Thor is home to Earth's largest vertical drop. Mount Thor is a remote mountain in Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world. The mountain is just under 5,500 feet ...

Satellite data reveal that a weak region in Earth's magnetic field has grown by an area roughly half the size of continental ...

Scientists are observing an Earth-like exoplanet that may contain water using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, the space agency said in a news release. The exoplanet, known as TRAPPIST-1 e, orbits ...