Long-lost remnants of tectonic plates have been discovered sunken deep ... a plate boundary—anywhere near this region. A computer model visualization of material in the lower mantle.

New research suggests that Venus's crust might be significantly thinner than previously thought. Scientists at NASA have ...

Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...

A new study reveals fresh signs of geological activity on Venus — clues that the planet's mysterious surface is still ...

Using fault geometry data, scientists simulated the Noto Peninsula earthquake and explained why uplift varied so drastically ...

Earth’s crust is divided into huge, rigid tectonic plates that move across its surface. Their slow motion powers earthquakes, fuels volcanoes, and drives the endless reshaping of continents.

"The National Seismic Hazard model shows that there is a 15% chance of a large (over magnitude 8) earthquake happening ...

By Adam Nossiter Xavier Le Pichon, a French geophysicist whose pioneering model of the earth’s tectonic plates helped revolutionize how scientists understand movements of the earth’s crust ...

Millions of years from now, Northern Africa could be home to a new ocean as tectonic plates pull apart along the East African Rift System, scientists say. Experts have long known that portions of ...