The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Volcanic eruptions can destroy essential infrastructure, ground air traffic for days, wipe out entire cities, disrupt the ...

They're not actual spiders, of course, but rather strange geological features.

Scientists discover enormous pockets of salty brine beneath the Pacific Ocean, key to understanding periodic underwater ...

Over the past two centuries, humans have locked up enough water in dams to shift Earth's poles slightly away from the ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has revealed thick, dusty layers of the Cat's Claw Nebula, a region of star formation about ...

Geologists have long debated whether a stony formation in Canada contains the world’s oldest rocks – new measurements make a ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

The discovery of an ancient meteorite impact crater was recently reported in Western Australia. But not everyone is convinced ...

Scientists created a simulation showing that early Earth still retained chemical traces of its igneous youth, 4.5 billion years ago.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by ...