Sinkholes are on the rise worldwide—especially in urban areas—due to climate change and aging infrastructure.

When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the ...

Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, a city-sized icy body that orbits the Sun at roughly 6 astronomical units, is known for sudden outbursts that can produce a glowing coma with a spiral, ...

The Moon, long treated as a geologically inert relic, is still contracting and cracking. A growing body of peer-reviewed research now confirms that tectonic faulting on the lunar surface has occurred ...

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks ...

A 2021 satellite photo shows off the recently uncovered Yilan crater in China, which is most likely the youngest impact structure on Earth. The incomplete ring is also the largest of its kind and only ...