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

In September 2023, a global seismic mystery began to unfold. Every 90 seconds, the Earth pulsed with a strange, low-frequency ...

Chemical fingerprints from volcanic rock offer hints of what’s happening in the mantle below the area where three rift zones ...

There are some weather phenomena that are more surprising than others, but without a doubt, the eruption of lava in ...

The Earth’s crust is disappearing right beneath our feet – and most people don’t even realise it. Now, if you’re a geologist, ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

A study reveals that the oldest continental crust on Earth is slowly being broken up by shifting tectonic forces.

Earth is about 4.5 billion years old, and as the eons passed, the crust of the young planet experienced turbulence.

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...