The record-breaking mission offers an unprecedented opportunity to study the geology of our planet’s largest layer.

Water from both volcanic rocks and deep mantle melted Earth's crust 1.6 billion years ago. This long-lasting melting formed ...

A recent study reveals that slow ocean expansion 15-6 million years ago caused sea levels to change and drop by up to 30 ...

One of the biggest geological mysteries surrounding our planet is known as The Great Unconformity. It refers to the ...

Scientists found new evidence that Earth’s crust is peeling underneath the Sierra Nevada in California. The process might be ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is ...

As you read this, the North American continent’s underside is dribbling away into Earth’s molten mantle. And according to ...

Scientists have discovered unusual deep earthquakes under the Sierra Nevada. This may indicate a peeling process in the Earth ...

Earth Day is on Tuesday, April 22, this year. The annual observation is set aside to increase awareness around environmental ...

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

A study published in Nature on 2 April reveals that Earth's first crust, formed about 4.5 billion years ago, probably had chemical features remarkably like today’s continental crust. This suggests the ...

Earth’s uppermost layer, the lithosphere, is made up of the rigid crust and the top part of the mantle, which is in a denser, but more fluid state. This layer also contains Earth’s oceanic ...