A team of international scientists might have just identified where a billion years of missing history might have gone ...

We sometimes forget about the seismic, more primordial forces that literally shape the planet over millions of years.

Here’s something that’ll blow your mind: this spectacular underground world was discovered completely by accident in 1963 ...

Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

In the 20th century, scientists began to suspect Earth was a lot older than we thought. It was our old friends/deadly foes, ...

Gravity may seem constant, but it actually varies across the planet—and one of the strangest places is Antarctica, where gravity is slightly weaker than expected. Scientists have traced this “gravity ...

Paint Mines Interpretive Park in Calhan is Colorado’s best-kept secret, and honestly, the locals would probably prefer it ...

A continental collision trapped oil within what is today Iran. The same collision explains why that oil is trapped behind the Strait of Hormuz now ...

A potential new mineral on Mars forms when iron sulfates are heated above 100°C. Data from Valles Marineris regions suggest ...

Geological history of earth dates back to over four billion years but one of the greatest mysteries has perplexed scientists ...

Louisiana experienced a rare magnitude 4.9 earthquake Thursday morning. It was the second-strongest quake in the state's history. The U.S. Geological Survey reported the epicenter ...

Much of our understanding of Earth's past is derived from stratigraphic records exposed in rock outcrops or recovered from drilled cores. These records span immense time intervals, from thousands to ...