Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...

A study published in the journal Nature Geoscience has revealed a subtle yet significant phenomenon beneath the North ...

Multiple spacecraft captured the moon's shadow sweeping across North America at more than 1,500 mph during the 2024 total ...

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

Even the oldest and most stable of lithospheric structures can’t withstand geologic machinations deep within the Earth.

A map showing seismic speed in Earth’s crust at 125 miles (201 km) depth across the continental U.S. and portions of Central America and Canada. The North American craton (outlined in black ...

From space, the darkest ... allowing it to watch one part of Earth from a fixed position. From its vantage point around 22,300 miles (36,000 kilometers) above North America, the satellite captured ...

The northern lights revealed themselves to a handful of states Tuesday, but if you missed out, you still have a chance to ...

The oldest crust on Earth, known to be unchanging, is actually being altered in real time. The North American continent is "dripping" rock into the lower layers of the Earth, new research says ...

A new study details how the North American plate is “dripping ... But as a result of being the most ancient pieces of Earth’s lithosphere (containing the crust and uppermost mantle ...

Aurora does not have to be directly overhead to be visible: it can be observed from more than 600 miles away if the conditions are right.