Researchers have found fresh evidence that Africa is breaking apart because of a deep mantle superplume of hot rock beneath ...

A research team utilized teleseismic double-difference tomography technology to uncover the morphological changes of the ...

The research supports the argument that Venus’ tectonics are active today, he says. What’s more, the demonstrated ability of computer simulations to predict what spacecraft may observe will be a boon ...

Stretching 4,000 miles, the East African Rift System is one of the largest in the world—and scientists just uncovered the ...

A massive African superplume appears to be driving the divide of one of the world's largest continents. Here's what we know.

Although the running theory is that hot, buoyant deep-mantle upwelling drives the rifting process, it’s been very difficult to figure out if this comes from one deep-sourced plume or multiple ...

Although the running theory is that hot, buoyant deep-mantle upwelling drives the rifting process, it’s been very difficult to figure out if this comes from one deep-sourced plume or multiple ...

Water changes everything about the way a planet works.” With those words, Graham Pearson, a foremost expert on deep Earth ...

Researchers studying archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan mission have uncovered compelling signs that tectonic activity could still be shaping the surface of Venus today. The findings, published ...

A massive crack is forming beneath one of the world's continents, and scientists believe it could one day split the continent ...