A chunk of the Earth's crust is missing and scientists have discovered where it is ...

Something unusual is happening deep beneath Italy, where a hidden layer of Earth’s crust appears to be peeling away and sinking into the mantle. Scientists say this slow-motion geological process, ...

Billion-Year-Old Zircons Tell the Story of the Earliest CrustAbout 160 million years have passed since the birth of the Earth ...

Conditions on early Earth may have become stable enough to sustain the chemistry associated with the origins of life around 4 ...

A new study suggests that a giant section of lower crust beneath Italy is slowly peeling away and sinking into the mantle. Scientists say this “unzipping” could explain much of the earthquake activity ...

Geoscientists have made an unprecedented achievement on their 60-year quest to know more about Earth's mysterious depths. Pieces of Earth’s rocky mantle were collected by a drilling vessel called the ...

Deep beneath Italy, a slow geological process is reshaping the Apennine Mountains in a way scientists did not fully understand until now. Researchers say Earth’s crust is undergoing a kind of ...

Scientists have captured a subduction zone off Vancouver Island in the process of tearing itself apart, revealing that these ...