As asteroid mining becomes a reality, scientists are questioning whether extracting space minerals could alter Earth’s ...

Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

Scientists discovered a thick mantle transition zone beneath the Lesser Antilles, revealing that ancient basalt-rich rock in oceanic plates affects how they sink into Earth’s mantle, reshaping our ...

Earth is the only known planet which has plate tectonics today. The constant movement of these giant slabs of rock over the planet’s magma creates continents – and may have even helped create ...

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Credit: Morris McLennan, ...

This surprising discovery comes just weeks after a major earthquake in Myanmar and could change how scientists understand the ...

Indian tectonic plate is splitting beneath the Himalayas, revealing a dramatic twist in Earth's tectonic history, scientists ...

Perched on top of Santorini's sheer cliffs is a world-famous tourist industry worth millions. Underneath is the fizzing risk ...

Dubai Municipality has joined the International GNSS Services (IGS), a leading global organisation specialising in satellite-based geospatial ...

This includes the movements of the Earth’s tectonic plates that result in the creation ... of the Azores triple junction, according to 3D geodynamic modeling of ridge-ridge-ridge triple junctions.

After spending seven months in orbit, the first-ever 3D-printed metal part was created aboard the International Space Station (ISS), floating some 400 kilometers above Earth. So how did they pull off ...