No one is exactly sure how the tectonic plates formed, but one theory posits that the were shattered from within by the ...

The Foundation of Mountain Building Mountain building, also known as orogenesis, is a geological process that involves the ...

The James Webb space telescope has captured data that could help us better understand how Earth formed billions of years ago. According to the new data, James Webb has detected water vapor in ...

Two enormous structures that sit at the border between the Earth's mantle and its core have puzzled scientists for decades.

Scientists may finally be closing in on the origins of two colossal, mysterious structures buried nearly 1,800 miles inside ...

By integrating seismic data, mineral physics and geodynamic modeling, the study reconceived large low-shear velocity ...

Scientists have analyzed one of the oldest space rocks ever discovered. The data could reveal secrets about the solar system in its infancy during the birth of the planets and also help scientists ...

Discover how scientists have used iron isotopes to determine the likely origin of the Mars-sized planet named Theia.

Deep beneath your feet, far beyond where any drill can reach, something strange is hiding. Two continent-sized blobs of rock sit just above Earth’s core, hot, dense and stubbornly different from ...

Jupiter’s early growth carved rings in the solar system, delayed meteorite formation, and kept planets like Earth in stable ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New model suggests an ocean of magma formed within the first few hundred million years of Earth's ...