As Africa undergoes a dramatic geological shift that may one day split the continent in two, here’s everything you need to ...

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

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A planet's habitability is determined by a confluence of many factors. So far, our explorations of potentially habitable ...

Far below the familiar blue of the surface oceans, geophysicists are piecing together evidence for a vast, hidden reservoir of water locked inside the planet itself. Instead of filling open caverns, ...

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Schreder Planetarium is asking for donations to buy an immersive Earth science show supporting STEM education and public ...

A study reveals that Earth alternated between chaotic and calm climates during the Paleozoic era, driven by tectonics and ...

People often point out logical fallacies like the straw man and ad hominem. Here are three others that are prevalent but ...

Forget the dusty, rusty landscape you see today. Billions of years ago, Mars may have been soaking wet. Tropical storms might ...

Coral reefs didn’t merely mirror global change, but helped regulate how fast the climate bounced back from massive surges of ...

A magnitude-6 earthquake rattled Alaskans across Southcentral on Thursday morning, according to the Alaska Earthquake Center.