A new study has found that most rare earth deposits – sources of metals essential for electronics and clean energy ...

A new study suggests rare earth elements form in magma above ancient subduction zones, as that magma reacts with substances ...

How is it so abundant on our planet when it’s almost nonexistent throughout the rest of our solar system? Most scientists ...

A new geological study reshapes the timeline of a major tectonic collision that helped form the Andes, suggesting key events ...

After a magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck of the coast of Japan and set off tsunami warnings, there’s an elevated risk of a ...

Mount Etna draws magma from a deep reservoir 50 miles underground, reshaping how scientists understand its eruptions and ...

A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower ...

Learn how Mount Etna stands apart from most volcanoes, having been formed by pockets of magma held in Earth's upper mantle.

A team of researchers have been analyzing ancient rocks found in Australia that suggest that the Earth formed in far ...

They compared it to a huge "bathtub ring" showing where water may have once met land on Mars. Because Mars does not possess ...