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 ...

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

Researchers have made a new discovery that changes our understanding of Earth's early geological history, challenging beliefs ...

It’s long been thought that tectonic plates needed to dive beneath each other to create the chemical fingerprint we see in ...

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls ...

Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

Earth’s core could contain helium from the early solar system. The noble gas tucks into gaps in iron crystals under high pressure and temperature.

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

Preliminary analyses revealed distinct differences in density, structure, and chemical composition between the Chang'e 6 ...