The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

Recent discoveries offer deeper insight into the movement of tectonic plates. New research has found that variations in rock ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

Additionally, the discovery of two “giant blobs” deep inside the Earth has sparked debates among experts about how and why ...

Earth's rocky layers are mysteriously low in nitrogen compared with carbon and argon. A scientific team explored our planet's molten youth using advanced quantum mechanical simulations, revealing ...

A long-lost slab of Earth’s crust may be pulling away the bottom of the oldest part of North America, scientists say ...

K2-18b, an exoplanet 120 light-years away, may be the best hope to confirm that life exists beyond Earth. Here's what to know ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging ... the continent and is "both redirecting the flow of material in the mantle such that it is wearing away the bottom of the North American ...

Deep beneath the surface of our planet, from the Himalayas to East Africa and from the Atlantic seafloor to the Indian Ocean, ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...