Geoscientists have solved an age-old mystery of oceanic volcanism and plate tectonics, explaining why some islands contain so much continental material despite their distance from continental plates.

Buried nearly 1,800 miles below Earth’s surface are two vast, continent-sized structures that continue to challenge our ...

Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock ...

Scientists are investigating why the Pacific-dominated hemisphere of Earth is losing internal heat faster, impacting plate tectonics and volcanic activity.

Fresh evidence suggests early Earth wasn’t locked under a rigid stagnant lid but was already experiencing intense subduction.

Explore the fascinating tale of the Kola Superdeep Borehole, a monumental scientific endeavor by the Soviet Union that aimed ...

Overview Energy, a space solar energy company making satellites to beam energy from orbit to Earth's grid, today emerged from stealth after successfully transmitting power from a moving aircraft to a ...

While Starlink and Katy Perry capture the public attention, companies are quietly building infrastructure for sustained ...

From a digital vantage point in orbit, scientists have mapped every building on Earth—2.75 billion structures, all in 3D.

Africa is on a fierce campaign that, if successful, will see the Mercator map replaced with the Equal Earth map on web-based ...

The formation of a sixth ocean, and the tectonic shifts that lie ahead, are proof that Earth is a dynamic, ever-evolving ...

The Ice Age was a world locked in endless winter, where massive glaciers crept across continents and woolly mammoths roamed ...