One of Earth's ancient volcanic mysteries solved A new study traces a 120-million-year-old 'super-eruption' to its source, offering insights into Earth's complex geological history.

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in the Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) of South Africa, these microscopic ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

Sinkites reveal inverted subsurface structures and may affect carbon storage strategies. Their formation remains under active investigation. Scientists have identified hundreds of massive sand formati ...

Beryllium-10, a rare radioactive isotope produced by cosmic rays in the atmosphere, provides valuable insights into the Earth's geological history. A research team has discovered an unexpected ...

While mining the Earth’s core may remain a sci-fi fantasy for now, the discovery provides fresh insight into the geological processes that bring rare materials closer to the surface.

The Archean Eon (4–2.5 million years ago) is the second of Earth’s four major geologic eons, a time when the planet was mostly covered by oceans extending far deeper than those found today.

Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of the Earth's continental rocks have generated natural ...

Though mostly underwater, this geological giant has sparked debate as a possible eighth continent. Just 5% of its surface peeks above sea level, making it one of Earth’s most elusive landforms.

University of Maryland researchers have found intriguing new evidence of ancient seafloor deep beneath the Earth's surface. This discovery, made with seismic waves, suggests a complex and layered ...

In 1970, Soviet scientists embarked on an ambitious quest to dig into the Earth's crust, creating the world-renowned Kola Superdeep Borehole in the remote Murmansk Oblast, Russia. Stretching ...

Geological discoveries changed that view dramatically in the late 1980s and 1990s. ... She points out that other major disruptions in Earth’s environment have also cranked up the biosphere, ...