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

A scientific analysis of samples collected on the surface of Mars shows the red planet has evolved its own version of a ...

Tutolo led a new study of rock samples collected by the Curiosity rover that might have answered this question. The mystery ...

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

In an article published in Science Advances, a collaborative team led by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) ...

A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing fresh evidence ...

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

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck Nepal on Tuesday, as reported by the National Center for Seismology. The earthquake, occurring at a depth of 25km, highlights Nepal's vulnerability as the 11th most ...

Beneath the turquoise waters of the South Pacific hides a massive secret—Zealandia, a sunken landmass stretching nearly two ...

Samples drilled by the Curiosity rover on Mars have revealed abundant signs of a carbon cycle that remained hidden from ...

A team presents new details of an oceanic transform fault at the Gofar fault in the eastern Pacific Ocean. The work reveals unexpected brine deposits beneath the seafloor near the fault, which could ...

Current and former employees of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say fewer people working with fewer ...