The phenomenon has been happening for millions of years quietly beneath our feet and could shed new light on how the ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

Scientists have discovered portions of the Earth's crust sinking into the mantle beneath California's Sierra Nevada mountains ...

Beneath the picturesque peaks of California’s Sierra Nevada lies a phenomenon that could change our understanding of the ...

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity and concentrate minerals into ore deposits like gold.

Metals used for steel alloys, once considered the poor cousins to iron ore, are starting to come into vogue, with both big ...

Astronomers have found two planets around two separate stars that are succumbing to their stars' intense heat.

Volcanic wines are those which don’t pander, don’t flatter, and don’t care if you like them, says Douglas Blyde — they’re the ...

Due to a legal loophole, meteorites should, by default, belong to the finder. However, several archaeologists consider the ...

As global demand for rare earth elements surges, Greenland's vast untapped deposits could transform the tech industry's supply chain, but environmental concerns and technical challenges complicate the ...

A chunk of space rock that visited near Earth's orbit last year was widely called a "mini-moon," a nickname that was more ...

The 3.7-billion-year-old formations in the planet's Gale Crater suggest the presence of long-gone bodies of liquid water, ...