Scientists have uncovered evidence that part of the planet’s crust is breaking apart in what they describe as a geological ...

Zap Energy’s approach, known as sheared-flow-stabilized Z-pinch fusion, differs from massive tokamaks or laser-driven ...

New research reveals the Indian tectonic plate beneath the Himalayas is not a solid slab but is warping and tearing. This ...

New global stress map reveals areas where the Earth's crust is on the verge of collapse, doubling the data and changing ...

A surprising new discovery of the Jinlin crater in Southern China is clarifying how celestial objects collide with Earth.The ...

By studying ancient lava flows that fractured over Turkey’s Tuz Gölü Fault, researchers at Curtin University have uncovered ...

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Tulane researchers uncover why some continental plates stay strong while others fracture, reshaping understanding of Earth’s ...

Had one hoped to leave a time capsule for today’s Bostonians in the Permian period 250 million years ago, much less the Pliocene epoch four million years ago , they would have been completely, utterly ...

Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to ...