Have you ever thought about the seven continents that make up our world? From Asia, the largest and most populous, to the icy expanse of Antarctica, each landmass is unique. We have Africa, often ...

A vast, mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific, Zealandia, is now recognized as Earth's eighth continent. Recent mapping confirms its continental crust, scale, and ancient origins, challenging ...

The “Boring Billion” is an informal description of a billion-year-period of Earth history (1.8 billion to 800 million years ago) where tectonics, climate, and biological evolution remained ...

A major geological discovery in Australia could change the game for the global supply of niobium, a rare and strategic metal essential for many modern technologies. This resource, one of the largest ...

Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world’s most promising new deposits of niobium — a metal vital for producing high-strength steel and clean ...

Rare rocks buried deep beneath central Australia have revealed the origins of one of the world's most promising new deposits of niobium - a metal vital for producing high-strength steel and clean ...

The world is made up of continents and countries. A continent is an immense landmass. There are seven continents in total. These include Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, ...

Earth has always been a dynamic planet, with tectonic plates constantly moving and shifting. For the last 1.5 billion years, the continents have been joining together and separating again in a ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known ...

Building on earlier studies, researchers analysed nearly 4,000 samples of volcanic rock from mid-ocean ridges. These samples provided data on the chemistry of shallow mantle magma and its connection ...