Earth’s earliest crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, has long been thought to have lacked the complex chemical features ...
New research suggests that Earth's first crust, formed over 4.5 billion years ago, already carried the chemical traits we ...
Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...
The Hadean protocrust formation and early plate tectonics challenged by new study, questioning geological assumptions.
Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new discovery that ...
Venus may be far more geologically alive than anyone expected. New research suggests its outer crust could be churning with ...
Venus—a hot planet pocked with tens of thousands of volcanoes—may be even more geologically active near its surface than ...