Non-mixing layers of water and hydrocarbons thousands of miles deep could explain the icy planets’ strange magnetic fields.

Quakes recorded for the first time inside Greenland's biggest frozen river, the Northeast Greenland Ice Stream, suggest this river and others switch between moving jerkily and flowing like honey.

The eruption began at 10:16 a.m. when molten rock broke through the surface inside Halemaʻumaʻu Crater. Within 30 minutes, a vent blasted lava 330 feet (100 meters) high, according to the Hawaiian ...

New study reveals that Earth's inner core is undergoing unexpected structural changes, challenging long-held assumptions ...

Thanks to a leaked map, Genshin Impact players can get a sneak peek at the Great Volcano of Tollan and the Collective of ...

We have a natural fascination with time—how landscapes have been carved over millennia, how our bodies grow and sag with age, ...

The latest research from a team at the University of Barcelona shows that volcanic ash could be the key to how solar energy ...

Creation legends and folk tales swirl like snow and leaves across the protected landscapes of Japan. This selection of four ...

Moments in human history are etched into the Earth. Now researchers are piecing together evidence of our impact on the planet ...

Scientists of course cannot cut into Earth and directly observe its insides. Instead, their knowledge is inferred from the ...

Earth’s core is located below the middle layer called the mantle and the outer layer –or crust. It consists of two main parts ...

The painting “The Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum” by English artist John Martin, depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Courtesy of John Martin via Wikimedia Commons   Despite ...