Stable parts of the Earth's crust may not be as immovable as previously thought. While much of the crust is affected by plate tectonic activity, certain more stable portions have remained ...

Researchers have discovered a 3.5-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater in Western Australia, providing new insights into ...

Scientists have found the oldest impact crater on Earth – and it changes our understanding of our planet and the origins of life. The meteorite that left the crater fell to Earth 3.5 billion years ago ...

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The world's oldest known impact crater has been identified at a site in the Pilbara, which is a part of Western Australia...

Solar-driven temperature shifts alter rock properties and underground water movement, potentially making the Earth’s crust ...

Earthquakes occur when the rock on one side of a fault slips relative to the other. The fault surface can be vertical, ...

A team of Australian scientists from Curtin University uncovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact site—a 3.47 billion-year-old crater in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia. The ...

The high-speed collision may have played a role in forming continents, reshaping land, and creating conditions necessary for ...

Scientists exploring volcanic crust with underwater robots recently uncovered a completely new ecosystem. This hidden biosphere suggests Earth’s depths hold many more secrets, including ...

It’s here that Barbara Sherwood Lollar, a hydrogeologist at the University of Toronto, journeys into the planet’s crust to hunt for signs of life. “You get into a small truck or vehicle and go down a ...

Australian scientists have discovered the world's oldest known meteorite impact crater, which could reshape understanding of ...