Geologists have made certain assumptions about how the crust making up our planet's earliest surface formed, but a new study ...

A massive eruption of magma around 135 million years ago may have been the driving force behind the tectonic rift that split ...

A recent study challenges previous geological assumptions, revealing that Earth's initial protocrust closely resembled the ...

The split between South America and Africa 135 million years ago was a fiery affair, new research finds. The continental breakup spewed over 3.8 million cubic miles (16 million cubic kilometers) of ...

Using samples gathered from the Chang’e-6 mission, scientists found that the interior of the moon on the half we never see ...

New research has revealed what could have led to the splitting of two major continents, as evidence from the event can still ...

New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...

Scientists have long thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see ...

Io is an incredibly active and extreme place, with glistening lava lakes and volcanic eruptions shooting sulfur and magma to ...

She also shows all the items she has purchased over the last few weeks in preparation for a Mount Spurr eruption, including ...

The team's findings, published on Thursday in the journal Nature, reveal that the mantle source of Chang'e 6 mare basalts ...

Scientists with NASA’s Perseverance rover are exploring what they consider a veritable Martian cornucopia full of intriguing rocky outcrops on the rim of Jezero Crater. Studying rocks, boulders, and ...