Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

Researchers mapped a pulsing mantle plume under Afar that channels molten rock upward, stretching Africa’s crust until it ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

Canadian scientists found the oldest known rocks on Earth - dating back 4.16 billion years - shedding light on our planet’s ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

Researchers at the University of Southampton have found something quite unusual taking place with our planet. They discovered ...

When the island of Santorini was rattled by thousands of small earthquakes earlier this year, many people were left mystified ...

A group of researchers from across the world has found that a steady, rhythmic pulse deep beneath Ethiopia’s Afar region, ...