At 4,000 miles long and 30–40 miles wide, the East African Rift (EAR) system is one of the geologic wonders of the world.

For decades, scientists believed that magma chambers beneath volcanoes were transient, forming before an eruption and then ...

Research on hidden structures deep within Earth’s mantle challenges theories about our planet’s middle layer and could ...

What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

Samples of Bennu were brought back to Earth by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft in 2023. Now, a pair of newly published papers ...

It's a place where few living things can survive in the water. Deep in the world's largest rainforest, there is a boiling ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Reaching heights of around 620 miles (1,000km) these continent-sized “islands” of rock dwarf anything else found on our ...