The new study reveals that the African plate and the Pacific plate have different chemical compositions and ages, parting ways with the old study, which proposed they are both similar in composition.

Long back, a large collection of material masses coalesced and formed the Earth – it was a single crust or plate with no ...

Challenger Deep, the Earth's deepest point, lies in the Mariana Trench. Discover its extreme conditions, exploration history, ...

Shohei Ohtani, playing in Japan for the first time as a major leaguer, led the Dodgers' thrilling 4-1 comeback over the Cubs ...

A breakthrough study has provided the most detailed 3D look yet at the inner workings of the Tonga Subduction Zone, where ...

The movement of these tectonic plates leads to ... which forms the tectonic boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. These are known as Transform Faults.

Surprising differences in the two so-called Large Low-Velocity Provinces may risk instability in Earth's protective magnetic ...

Despite having been studied from every possible point of view and angle, the Earth will remain a mystery to most people. Studies of its structure are incomplete, especially after t ...

The addition of Defense Department troops to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents has had a huge impact on the number of illegal crossing attempts.

The two continent-sized provinces have been known since the 1970s, but it’s only in the last few years we’ve started to ...