Great things can come from failure when it comes to geology. The Midcontinent rift formed about 1.1 billion years ago and ...

The continent-sized blobs are much hotter than the lower mantle, creating a significant temperature gradient in the rocky ...

All around the world, from the Red Sea to the deep ocean ridges of the Atlantic, lurk more than a dozen geological misfits.

NASA's Perseverance rover discovered rocks on Mars, providing new evidence the red planet was once a wet, habitable world ...

Deep inside Earth, two massive hot rock structures have been quietly shaping the planet’s magnetic field for millions of ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.