plate tectonics

Without plate tectonics, our planet wouldn’t have continents, mountains, and possibly even life itself. New evidence…

Some scientists think the Nile river might be revealing the mysteries of the mantle beneath it.

Ever looked at a picture of the supercontinent Pangea and wondered where your current address would have been 250…

Jupiter’s moon Europa features a warm subterranean ocean covered in ice. For years, scientists have wondered if…

Dancing paleontologists, colourful graphics, and unashamed catchiness make Fossil Rock Anthem one of my favourite…

It's been fifty years since the Great Alaska Earthquake, the biggest ever to shake the United States. At magnitude…

In this lovely new animation from TED-Ed, educator Michael Molina uses a pop-up book to explore the science of…

A pair of Chicago-based astronomers have some good news for you alien-hunters out there. Despite previous…

After nearly forty years of research, scientists have finally proven that plate tectonics exist on Mars. A recently…

The Gamburtsev Mountains are over 750 miles long and nearly 9,000 feet tall, making them roughly the same size as…

A tiny, blood-red flaw inside a diamond can reveal what was happening to Earth 3 billion years ago. A recent…

The inner core of our planet is roughly as big as the Moon, and we can only guess what's going on deep inside our…

The Rockies are a geological mystery, a massive mountain range located far away from the nearest continental plate…

Earth's continents are constantly changing, moving and rearranging themselves over millions of years - affecting…

For those of you with a penchant for plate tectonics, there are plenty of places on Twitter to follow our planet's…

India and China's plates smashed into each other 55 million years ago, and this collision ultimately created the…

Find out which parts of the world to visit if you want to walk away with diamonds on the soles of your shoes.

Four years ago, a volcano opened this massive crack between the African and Arabian tectonic plates in Ethopia. New…

You're looking at the Afar Depression in Ethiopia, a 12-foot-wide hot springs that exists at the junction of three…