There seems to be too much of a radioactive element in rocks deep in the Pacific Ocean – how did it get there 10 million ...

Earth's magnetic field dramatically flipped a little more than 40,000 years ago. We can now experience this epic upheaval, thanks to a clever interpretation of information collected by the European ...

A new study out this week said that the Earth's inner core is less solid than previously thought. Scientists still have ...

Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...

Volcanic eruptions release molten lava that reshapes the landscape, creating new landforms like lava plateaus and islands.

USC scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery about the nature of the Earth's enigmatic inner core, revealing for the first time that this 1,500-mile-wide ball of iron and nickel is changing.

Until now, it was widely believed that the inner core was a dense ball of iron floating at the centre of the molten outer ...

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

Greece's government has just declared a state of emergency on the island of Santorini, as earthquakes shake the island ...