The Lanzarote lava tube system is an accessible testing ground for DLR's SCOUT Rover, tailor-made for navigating the complex ...

The unusual holes in the ocean didn't reveal an underwater volcano or some hydrothermal vents, but rather something remarkable.

A massive underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount could erupt soon, completely reshaping the floor of the Pacific Ocean.

China plans to drill 15km into the Earth’s surface to hunt for fossil fuels and to learn about the structure of the earth’s ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Deep within Earth's mantle, scientists have uncovered mysterious structures in places they shouldn’t exist. These “sunken ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

Earth is unique amongst the rocky planets in having two very different types of crust. Continental crust is composed primarily of silica-rich rocks like the granite of your kitchen countertops.

A new preprint study looking at data from NASA's Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport (InSight) Lander has claimed to find evidence that Mars has a solid inner ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...