Scientists discovered plate anomalies in Earth's mantle using seismic wave analysis. These mysterious structures challenge ...

Sitting in the middle of the Iranian plateau, the Dasht-e Kavir, or Great Salt Desert, is the planet’s 24th largest desert.

Earth’s rotation is gradually slowing down, a process that has been quietly shaping the planet since its formation 4.5 ...

New study reveals Pluto and Charon’s origin: a unique "kiss and capture" collision redefines how binary systems form.

A team of geophysicists at ETH Zurich in Switzerland has made a baffling discovery while analyzing earthquake waves to ...

Unexpected mantle structures hint at ancient or unknown materials, challenging current tectonic theories and prompting deeper ...

Mystery Structures Present Under the Pacific Ocean Baffle Scientists, Unsure What These Are Made up Of Researchers have ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a ...

Since New Horizons' close encounter with Pluto 10 years ago, experts have come to think of the dwarf planet as much more ...

A new high-resolution computer model shows rocks that are colder, or have a different composition, in Earth's mantle where ...

The researchers theorize that these far-off remnants could either be deposits of silica-rich material that have hung around ...