Watch the Earth's tectonic plates grow, shrink, and jostle for position in this new model of the last billion years on the ...

The new study asserts that Earth's ring formed around 466 million years ago, and stuck around for around 40 million years ...

From Grace Earth may have had its own ring system that formed around 466 million years ago, lasting for tens of millions of ...

The first time Earth’s geologic record – information found inside rocks – has been used to create an animation of this kind.

In one of the most complete models ever put together, a new study has condensed 1.8 billion years of plate tectonics into a 2-minute video clip.

Research suggests Earth might have once boasted a spectacular ring similar to Saturn's, formed from an asteroid breakup ...

A GROUNDBREAKING new model shows how present-day countries formed as land rearranged itself nearly 2 billion years ago. The scientific theory of plate tectonics strives to explain how mountains, ...

Evidence suggests Earth had a ring system 466 million years ago, causing a surge in meteorite impacts and possibly ...

Saturn’s rings are iconic, but new evidence suggests Earth might once have sported one of its own. This ring would have ...

The chemical uniformity of Earth's mantle is greater than previously believed. Lavas from hotspots—whether erupting in Hawaii ...

Lavas from hotspots—whether erupting in Hawaii, Samoa or Iceland—likely originate from a worldwide, uniform reservoir in ...

In a new study, geologists from Australia and China have pieced together Earth's tectonic evolution over the past 1.8 billion ...