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Recent findings reveal that theIndian Plate is splitting into two, a phenomenon that could reshape the region’s geological ...

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

Continental clues: Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet’s history, ...

New research reveals a surprising link between the ancient tectonic history of oceanic plates and their fate as they subduct ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic ...

Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...

We've mapped the Moon more thoroughly than our own ocean floor, but a leap forward has come with NASA's SWOT satellite. Using ...

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.