An AI simulation of an impact shows basalt-rich (purple) and basalt-poor (green) regions. (Curtin University) The planet ...

Long before oceans teemed with life, Earth endured relentless violence. Asteroids slammed into its surface again and again, ...

Major explosion causes 'fountains of diamonds' to erupt from Earth's crust ...

When you think about a large asteroid impact, you might imagine a moment of devastation: a violent collision, a blast of heat ...

New research led by Curtin University and QUT (Queensland University of Technology) has revealed that repeated asteroid ...

Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be as immovable as previously thought. While much of the crust is affected by plate tectonic activity, certain more stable portions have remained unchanged ...

A new study says repeated asteroid impacts drove heat deep into the young Earth and kept its crust weak. This suggests heavy bombardment may have helped form continents while erasing most Hadean rocks ...

'Microseisms' are still baffling scientists, decades after their discovery ...

Earth is constantly vibrating, even when no earthquakes occur. The source of the 26-second pulse has been narrowed to the ...

For years, Mars has sat in an awkward middle ground, too geologically quiet to look like Earth. At the same time, it is too ...

Each year, Nevada's land mass expands by about two acres — the equivalent of 32 tennis courts — due to tectonic forces.