How's your knowledge of Earth's geology? Flat, round or global?

New measurements suggest mysterious continent-sized masses in our planet’s lower mantle may be extremely stable features ...

Peculiar bursts of energy called chorus waves have been detected in deep space far from our planet, suggesting they could ...

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

A near-Earth object was likely ejected into space after an impact thousands of years ago. Now it could contribute new ...

Scientists in Britain have been keeping an eye on where the Earth's magnetic north pole is. It's not fixed like the geographical North Pole; instead, it's like a wandering star. Recently, they found ...

Two enormous continent-sized "islands" found buried deep inside the Earth's mantle are challenging our ideas about our planet's inner workings. These unexpected regions of the Earth's innards appear ...

Although they don't impact the surface directly, historical evidence and simulations suggest airbursts can pack a punch.

Seismic imaging has revealed two colossal regions deep within Earth’s mantle that could reshape our understanding of the ...

A new way of measuring structures deep inside Earth has highlighted numerous previously unknown blobs within our planet's ...