Geology’s Theory of Everything continues successfully to defend its title. ■ Curious about the world? To enjoy our mind-expanding science coverage, sign up to Simply Science, our weekly ...
Today, the upheavals of plate tectonics continually reshape Earth. When this began is much disputed - and we can’t fully understand how life began to thrive on our planet until we figure it out ...
A new ocean is forming in East Africa due to tectonic shifts, potentially reshaping the continent and altering global geography over millions of years.
NASA has revealed which countries could be hit if a “city killer” asteroid strikes Earth with a map of the risk corridor. Scientists have slashed the odds of a collision between ...
Roughly 250 million years ago, traveling from present-day Australia to North America would have been surprisingly simple-a ...
About 400 kilometres northwest of Sydney, just south of Dubbo, lies a large and interesting body of rock formed around 215 ...
Discover why Africa is slowly splitting into two continents due to the East African Rift. This geological transformation, ...
Our Solar System, like a sneaky little hobbit, seems to have stuffed its pockets full of hidden oceans. Jupiter, Saturn, ...
Ariel’s medial grooves could provide important clues about the moon’s internal structure, particularly regarding the presence ...