In Ethiopia, a massive crack has opened in the Earth, part of the East African Rift system that scientists believe could ...

Microbes - alive and thriving -- have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock beneath Earth's surface.

It’s one of the only places on Earth where three giant cracks, or rifts, in the Earth’s surface meet. These rifts stretch across Ethiopia and beyond, and over time, they are splitting the land apart.

A new model uncovers how Earth’s liquid core has sustained its magnetic field since the planet’s beginnings, offering new insights into its future. Earth benefits from the presence of a magnetic field ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite image of the Dickson Fjord in East Greenland. (Credit: Thomas Monahan.) (CN) — When the Earth started pulsing every 90 seconds in September 2023, scientists didn’t know ...

Section of Nyaru-Fluorspar Road cut off by earth cracks and mudslides in Keiyo South, Elgeyo Marakwet County. May 26, 2025. [Stephen Rutto, Standard] An earth crack has sparked fears of landslides ...

The Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in Guizhou province, China, now the highest bridge in the world, has officially opened to ...

RIDGECREST, Calif. (KABC) -- Before-and-after photos show a massive crack opening up on the desert floor along the fault line following the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake. The picture before the quake ...