Geography textbooks describe the Earth's mantle beneath its plates as a well-mixed viscous rock that moves along with those ...

A mysterious find on Easter Island, investigated by a team of geologists, suggests that the Earth's mantle seems to behave differently than once thought.

For many years, scientists have believed that the Earth’s mantle – the layer beneath its surface – moves like a giant ...

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient unknowns. A mysterious mineral discovery on Easter Island could be up to ...

Now, a study by geologists from Cuba, Colombia, and the Netherlands is challenging that long-held view. Easter Island, known for its extinct volcanoes, was formed around 2.5 million years ago. In 2019 ...

Many eclipse-chasers from across the globe gathered on Easter Island, also called Rapa Nui, to observe the annular solar ...

Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic.

On Oct. 2, a partial "ring of fire" solar eclipse was visible from the remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, where around 1,000 stone moai statues stand. You can see the whole ...

It will be visible entirely from the Pacific Ocean with the exception of Easter Island and a small portion near the southern tips of Argentina and Chile. A partial eclipse, within the penumbra ...

HANGA ROA, Easter Island/LAS HORQUETAS, Argentina, Oct 2 (Reuters)- - The moon blotted out most of the sun across the Pacific Ocean on Wednesday afternoon, giving just a few specks of land an ...

A team of geologists investigated Easter Island’s age by dating zircon minerals, which turned out to highlight ancient unknowns. A mysterious mineral discovery on Easter Island could be up to 165 ...