A Chinese team has become the first to explore theeastern Gakkel Ridge, an underwater volcanic chain buried beneath the ...

Waves in Earth's mantle created by the rifting of continents may peel the planet's crust from below, feeding volcanoes in the middle of the ocean.

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The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier is expected to reach the waters off Venezuela in days. It's a stark flex of ...

There’s more to do to celebrate around Thanksgiving in Northeast Pennsylvania than just hunkering down for a home-cooked ...

Pasagshak State Recreation Site offers beaches that momentarily make you forget you’re in Alaska. Until you dip a toe in the water – that cold temperature quickly reminds you where you are! Fossil ...

While some of them are guilty of just chucking you in a big map and making you collect a bunch of random flowers in order to make a bazooka, there are few gaming experiences out there like an open ...

The Puako Petroglyph field contains over 3,000 ancient Hawaiian carvings, telling stories in stone that have survived centuries. These mysterious rock drawings show human figures, canoes, and symbols ...

Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an ...

Researchers discovered that continents don’t just split at the surface—they also peel from below, feeding volcanic activity in the oceans. Simulations reveal that slow mantle waves strip continental ...

A vast ocean chock-full of microbes may have once covered more than a third of Mars's surface, according to a new analysis of ...