The deep roots of Earth's oldest continents have long been thought to be unshakable. But a new seismic discovery suggests that even these stable landmasses can change. Beneath the center of North ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

China’s Chang’e 6 mission successfully collected 1.935 kilograms of basaltic soil from the South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin on ...

This hidden geological layer, located between 254 and 410 miles (410 and 660 kilometers) beneath the Earth’s surface, covers ...

The Chang’e-6 mission returned soil samples from the South Pole–Aitken impact basin of the lunar farside, providing an opportunity to study the water contents of the farside mantle.

Soil and rocks returned from the moon's far side suggest it may be drier than the side constantly facing Earth.

California has experienced several earthquakes in just a few hours. Most of the seismic activity was detected along the fault ...

Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis have run new calculations, suggesting that Venus' outer crust could be experiencing convection—a process where heated material rises and cooler ...

Visitors view Chang'e-6 mission lunar samples, collected from the far side of the moon, on display at the 15th China International Aviation and ...

A popular hiking hotspot in Scotland has been hit by three earthquakes in the space of just six hours, experts reveal.

A rare blue diamond, worth $100 million, was displayed at an exhibition on of the world's rarest diamonds in the United Arab ...