Venus may not have Earth-style tectonic plates, but it’s far from geologically quiet. A new model shows its crust is ...

Researchers studying archival radar data from NASA’s Magellan mission have uncovered compelling signs that tectonic activity ...

A reappraisal of decades-old data suggests that strange circular formations on Venus could be volcanic “rings of fire” ...

Vast, quasi-circular features on Venus's surface may reveal that the planet has ongoing tectonics, according to new research ...

Tibetan uplift was mainly caused by post-collisional mantle dynamics, not ongoing India-Asia convergence. The study ...

As the last Ice Age came to an end nearly 10,000 years ago, something unexpected happened deep beneath Earth’s surface. Large ...

Scientists have uncovered one of the most exciting geological discoveries of the decade – the long-lost Pontus tectonic plate. This ancient “mega plate,” which once spanned an astonishing 15 million ...

A similar process created the nearby Saudi Arabian peninsula. Scientists have used GPS and satellite mapping to track how the tectonic plates underlying Africa are separating, specifically in the ...

A similar process created the nearby Saudi Arabian peninsula. Scientists have used GPS and satellite mapping to track how the tectonic plates underlying Africa are separating, specifically in the ...

For millions of years, it was believed to have been completely consumed by subduction, the process in which one tectonic plate sinks beneath another into the mantle. But traces of its existence ...

Those vertical motions can compound any global shifts, whether from melting ice or tectonic adjustments. As scientists refine plate reconstructions, they may pinpoint exactly how often this slowdown ...