The model also proved the theorized existence of the Pioneer fragment, a remnant of the ancient Farrallon plate that used to ...

A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

By tracking swarms of very small earthquakes, seismologists are getting a new picture of the complex region where the San ...

New research challenges conventional wisdom by demonstrating that mid-ocean ridges and continental rifts, not volcanic ...

Climate change is usually associated with changes in atmospheric carbon dioxide, but our planet's surface also plays a major ...

The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ...

A long-lost fragment of Earth's crust has just been uncovered beneath the icy waters near Greenland—rewriting what scientists thought they knew about how continents break apart. Geological map of the ...

Due to the lapse in federal government funding, NASA is not updating this website. During the 2018 Mars dust storm, we obtained a clear view of the summit of the giant volcano Elysium Mons. We see the ...

Two strong earthquakes struck off the South Sandwich Islands on Saturday, reaching 5.2 and 5.1 magnitude in strength, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The 5.1 magnitude ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed images of the meeting of two tectonic plates off the coast of northern British Columbia, an area they say has the potential to generate the largest ...