There's something about enormous caverns that captures humanity's imagination, and Devils Hole in Death Valley National Park ...

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

Learn why Kolkata is referred to as the ‘Geological Capital of India’. Explore the geological significance, research ...

How did life begin? An international team of researchers from Japan, Malaysia, the UK, and Germany suggest that the answer ...

To author Anjana Khatwa, rocks are “storykeepers of time.” She blends science and spirituality to explore the origin story of our world.

Scientists found rocks deep inside Earth's mantle that generate hydrogen and could reveal clues about deep energy and the ...

Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. Geologists say they’ve now ...

A team of scientists from several U.S. institutions, including the University of Minnesota, discovered six million year old ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Scientists have long wondered why Earth's overall makeup doesn't fully match the mix of materials found in ancient meteorites. One hypothesis has been that our proto-Earth (what the earliest stages of ...

An international team has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the tectonic evolution of terrestrial planets.

James Hutton's visit to Siccar Point in the 1780s led to a change in the way the history of the Earth is understood.