Scientists now know how to drill deep enough to tap into an energy supply that would power the world for more than 20 million ...

Earth is made out of different layers, and those layers get hotter and more pressurized the deeper you go. The first layer is the crust, a thin outer shell that extends about 18 miles (30 km ...

Discover interesting facts about how big earthquakes can get, why earthquakes happen, and why they're so hard to predict.

It happens when the dense layers of the Earth's crust start to sink and get absorbed ... "While some studies infer that foundering occurred under the southern Sierra and then stalled.

The Earth is made up of different layers. The outermost is the crust, which is where we humans stand. The next layer is the mantle, which makes up most of Earth's volume and is composed of dense ...

Curtin University researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly ...

The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australia...

Continent-sized structures of mineral protruding from the lower mantle towards Earth's outer core may be contributing to an ...

Snowball Earth events were associated with a pronounced increase in older, deeper crust being exposed and ground down under ...

Studying Earth’s core presents a unique challenge for scientists. Obviously, sending a field team to the core is out of the ...