New simulations reveal that an ancient ocean of magma located above the Earth's core continues to shape the planet's ...

New research suggests that the thousands of dams built over the past two centuries have caused the Earth's poles to drift ...

Known as stratigraphic inversion, this discovery challenges our fundamental understanding of how Earth’s layers are formed. A ...

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

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

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

From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned federal research funding into history ...

New research suggests that the thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars could hold the key to understanding whether ...

There was a circle in Maria Burns' yard where grass wouldn't grow and trees died. She knew what it was: An old natural gas ...

Researchers suspect that two meteorites found in the Sahara Desert in 2023 may originally have come from Mercury, which would make them the first identified fragments of the solar system’s innermost ...

At first glance, it might seem like an ordinary hunk of stone, but this particular rock is poised to fetch upwards of AU$6 ...