In the arid deserts of Ethiopia, a geological marvel has been quietly unfolding since 2005—a 35-mile-long fissure known as ...

Scientists uncover hidden land under Iceland, questioning our understanding of Earth's continents and tectonic plates.

A fascinating new study reveals how two of Earth’s established continents may constitute one whole landmass in itself.

Plate tectonics give Earth its mountains, earthquakes, continental drift and maybe even helped give rise to life itself. But ...

These ancient buried "super-continents"—known to scientists as large low-seismic-velocity provinces (LLSVPs)—were found ...

Scientists have discovered hidden treasures in the Earth's mantle. Hidden deep within Earth's mantle are two colossal ...

Deep within Earth’s mantle lie two enormous regions, often referred to as "islands," which are the size of continents.

A University of Derby study led by Dr. Phethean proposes Earth has six continents, not seven. Using advanced geological ...

Over 25 years ago, researchers discovered that some of these deep Earth reverberations pointed to the existence of two ...

Deeply hidden in Earth's mantle there are two huge "islands" the size of a continent. New research from Utrecht University ...

Continent-size islands deep inside Earth's mantle could be more than a billion years old, a new study finds.