The Tibetan Plateau, often called the "roof of the world," continues to baffle geologists and others curious about Earth’s ...

Massachusetts-based mining and metal production company Phoenix Tailings is planning to open a facility in Exeter this year.

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Extremophiles: Life in Extreme Conditions Extremophiles are the superheroes of the microbial world. These organisms find a ...

The 16th season of GBH’s "High School Quiz Show" will feature 17 schools, including teams from South High Community School in Worcester and St. John's High School in Shrewsbury. South High will take ...

Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in ...

Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach ...

Exploring the transformation of Earth from a volcanic hellscape to a potential birthplace of life during the Hadean era.

As the process continued, the descending oceanic plate functions like an anchor, dragging down the Earth's crust and forming a vast depression that has accumulated millions of years' worth of ...

Data collected by NASA's InSight lander suggest that ancient internal processes are responsible for the "Martian dichotomy" ...

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

"It's pretty surreal to walk between two major pieces of Earth's crust that are drifting in different directions," Brooke ...