Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But do other planets in the solar system have them too?

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

A team of geologists and mineral physicists at Harvard University, the University of California, Argonne National Laboratory ...

Santorini's earthquakes are intensifying as a rare earthquake swarm continues to rattle the Mediterranean's Aegean Sea. The ...

Experts say portions of the continent are pulling apart, creating the possibility that the Horn of Africa will become an ...

The origins of life on our planet remains one of science’s great mysteries. Now, a NASA mission that brought a piece of an ...

Searcher Seismic’s geoscience head Neil Hodgson discusses blue-sky thinking, plate tectonics and contourites, ahead of key ...

The fact that the cold, dry Mars of today had flowing rivers and lakes several billion years ago has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, Harvard researchers think they have a good explanation for ...

Controversial Dutch researcher and seismologist Frank Hoogerbeets said on Monday that Greece is in volcanic and earthquake ...