Caltech researchers have developed a new method to study Earth's structure deep beneath the surface, at the boundary between ...

Plate tectonics seems to be crucial for life on Earth, but we’ve never confirmed that it happens on other worlds - that may ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Caltech researchers have developed a new method to study the earth's structure deep beneath the surface, at the boundary between Earth's brittle crust ...

President-elect Donald J. Trump is a transformative figure in contemporary American politics. Despite being impeached twice, ...

Caltech researchers introduce a new seismic technology called distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) to study earthquakes and ...

But when did Earth's surface splinter into tectonic plates? And when did those plates start moving? It's an important question because plate tectonics seems to fuel the evolution and complexity of ...

Earth’s surface is a dynamic, ever-changing landscape. Massive crustal plates shift, creating mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. This process, known as plate tectonics, may be the ...

Recent research from Curtin University has unveiled groundbreaking insights about the Ninetyeast Ridge — the longest straight ...