Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous, continent-sized structures known as LLVPs. Scientists once believed these ...

It's a new type of three-body problem for astronomers, who used the Hubble Space Telescope to determine that twin asteroids ...

After more than a week of delays, two new NASA missions have gotten the greenlight to head to space tonight (March 8).

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

High-Resolution Anisotropic Tomography Reveals Mantle Flow Complexity and Slab-Plume Interactions, Redefining Subduction Zone ...

Suzanne Stewart Staff Writer Planetary Science Institute Senior Scientist Hanna Sizemore was the guest speaker at the ...

The film explores the dynamic nature of Earth's crust, detailing how it has evolved over billions of years. Initially formed ...

The discovery that helium and iron can mix at the temperatures and pressures found at the center of Earth could settle a long ...

Researchers have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could significantly redefine our understanding of the origins of life and how our planet was shaped. The team found ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in understanding early Earth." ...

Studying the orbits of thousands of exoplanets shows that large planets tend to have elliptical orbits, while smaller planets ...