Fossil fuels powered the industrial revolution. Would aliens need a similar power source to jump-start a technical revolution ...

The movement of the plates creates three types of tectonic boundaries: convergent, where plates move into one another; divergent, where plates move apart; and transform, where plates move sideways ...

For millions of years, Earth’s shifting plates have shaped continents, formed oceans, and built towering mountain ranges. But ...

All of these processes result from plate tectonics, the movement of enormous chunks of Earth's crust. This movement may be why life exists here. Earth is the only known planet with plate tectonics ...

Gather your supplies! In this episode we will use everyday materials to learn about tectonic plates and fault lines.

It has vast water oceans and abundant life. But Earth is also unique because it is the only planet with plate tectonics, which shaped its geology, climate and possibly influenced the evolution of ...

Scientists uncover surprising evidence that the Kerguelen hotspot, responsible for the 5,000-kilometer-long Ninetyeast Ridge, ...

Massive mantle formations, called LLSVPs, have been found to be over a billion years old. These structures, sitting 3,000 km beneath the surface, slow seismic waves, indicating unique physical and ...

Those observers who believed that Donald Trump in his second term as US President would be as constrained as in his first ...

Constructive plate margins close constructive plate marginAn area where two tectonic plates are moving away from one another. are where tectonic plates pull apart due to convection currents in the ...