Houchin and his colleagues studied dozens of zircon crystals from the Jack Hills in Western Australia. These are the oldest ...

Scientists warn that the plate beneath Gibraltar arc will begin to shift toward the Atlantic within 20 million years.

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the Earth's mantle begin to vigorously circulate in a process called ...

Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African crust resurfaced 40 million years ago far away from the sinking zone. How this ...

Planetary scientists have produced the first global map of small mare ridges on the Moon, adding new evidence that the lunar surface has been reshaped in geologically recent times by tectonic forces ...

Himalayas formed one of the most glamorous and youngest ranges in the world. They lie between the Indo-Gangetic Plains, in ...

There are many open questions about how our planet formed 4.55 billion years ago: When did plate tectonics start? When did the earth's mantle begin to ...

Led by James Head PhD’69 P’90, the project uses research on the moon to prepare for astronauts venturing to Mars.

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Dentists can expect a “tsunami” of extra work as people who have had cosmetic dental surgery grow older, a report has warned.

We know Aotearoa New Zealand is home to many geographically and biologically special features. Yet few of us know it also has ...

Without the Moon, researchers say Earth could experience far more extreme climate shifts, unstable seasons and dramatically weaker tides - fundamentally altering life on the planet.