Stand on solid ground and it feels obvious that “down” points toward the center of the planet and “up” leads to the sky. Yet ...

Scientists used satellite data to confirm that Earth's crust is "dripping" into the mantle beneath Turkey's Central Anatolian ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds. This early rocky shell featured chemical signatures previously ...

Explore how studying sediment layers in ancient lakebeds reveals Earth’s deep-time climate cycles and the lasting 405,000-year climate cycle. Ribbons of blue — the modern Raritan and Neshanic rivers — ...

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new discovery that changes ...

(Left) Schematic illustration of a kink structure. (Center) Kink bands observed in mudstone near Fort Island, Rhode Island. (Right) Large-scale kink structure in Southern California, USA. Your first ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - China is drilling a well in the expanse of the Taklamakan Desert to a depth of 10,000 meters for research on the Earth's crust. The project, named Shendi Take 1, is being carried ...

Scientists have discovered that a portion of the North American craton is slowly dripping into Earth's mantle, challenging the idea that these ancient crustal structures are immovable. Seismic imaging ...

According to observations of young ridges see on the far side, Earth's moon is not geologically dead, as previously believed.