Deep beneath the Pilbara region of Western Australia lies some of the oldest and best preserved crust anywhere on the planet, ...

The powerful quake near Mexico and Guatemala was caused by the subduction of the Cocos Plate beneath the Caribbean Plate. This tectonic movement makes the region one of the world's most active ...

Mount Everest keeps rising. How did it become Earth's highest peak? We know India slammed into Asia millions of years ago.

It guided Polynesian wayfinders for thousands of years, but the cause remains unknown ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The Science Behind Earth's Newest Light Phenomenon “Various scientific facts and theories about bioluminescence and electromagnetic phenomena are ...

Ancient rocks found by NASA's Perseverance rover reveal Mars was repeatedly impacted by asteroids billions of years ago.

Major clues to the origins of our planet—and life itself—are locked inside some three billion-year-old volcanic rocks from Western Australia. These ancient rocks show that water was likely already ...

An international research team led by geochemist Dr. Erik Vandenbroucke from the University of Adelaide analyzed ancient ...

The rover found a 245-foot-thick layer of old rock on the rim of Jezero Crater, showing that the formation was created by repeated asteroid impacts.

An earth tremor shook parts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Tuesday, prompting the Federal Government to activate ...

A Southwest Research Institute-led study has proposed a connection between a specific collision in the main asteroid belt and an inner-solar-system-wide bombardment episode that may have had ...