Around the Balkan Peninsula, the African plate is sinking beneath the European plate. A piece of deeply submerged African ...

Parts of ancient Earth may have formed continents and recycled crust through subduction far earlier than previously thought.

A yellow, brick-like volcanic formation found nearly 10,000 feet deep reveals how underwater eruptions fracture rock.

Cosmic dust normally comes from dying stars. The recipe for a lab-made version includes a few gases, vacuum tubes and ...

A crystals expert has published an answer to how crystals are formed and how molecules become a part of them, solving an age-old mystery about crystal formation. A million years ago, the oldest known ...

A doctoral student recreated a tiny piece of the universe in a bottle to investigate the chemistry that led to life on Earth.

Tiny grains of dust from asteroid Bennu are reshaping how scientists think life’s ingredients formed in space.