Researchers recently discovered a huge chain of extinct volcanoes buried deep below South China that formed when two tectonic ...

Geologists discovered "gigantic fortresses" under the Earth's crust, which have provided insight into the workings of the ...

Around 800 million years ago, during the Tonian period, the Yangtze Block in South China experienced significant tectonic ...

Gigantic hidden fortresses discovered 1,800 miles underground in Earth's mantle, rewrite how the planet's interior works.

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

The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Scientists have uncovered ancient human migration routes hidden beneath the sea, revealing how early humans moved between ...

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by 800 million years.

The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB) in Canada may be the only known remnant of Hadean crust, although its age is debated, ranging from ≥3.75 to 4.3 billion years old,” the researchers ...