The Afar region in northeastern Africa could split over millions of years, forming a new ocean. Scientists monitor rifts, ...

Scientists are observing a new ocean forming in Africa's Afar region, a unique geological hotspot. Early magnetic surveys ...

Buried nearly 1,800 miles below Earth’s surface are two vast, continent-sized structures that continue to challenge our ...

A FIERY hell-world that would instantly roast visitors alive has a vast lava ocean – and may be packed with rare gems. The ...

About 1,800 miles (2,900 kilometers) below our feet, two enormous patches of strange rock sit above Earth’s core. New ...

A giant crack is tearing through Africa—and it’s not slowing down. Hidden beneath the surface, a dramatic geological shift is ...

Two mysterious blobs deep inside Earth may hold clues about the origin of life on our planet, new research finds. Deep ...

Beneath the waters off Papua New Guinea lies an extraordinary deep-sea environment where scorching hydrothermal vents and ...

There are several frozen moons in our solar system, orbiting the gas giants. Some of them, despite having temperatures that would make Antarctica feel tropical, have liquid water under the surface.

That’s also true for the other moons that provide the gravitational stress. As a result, the internal oceans may actually ...

The Hayli Gubbi volcano, long thought to be dormant, sent ash nine miles into the sky in an eruption on Sunday ...