The Earth doesn’t have seven continents after all. From a young age, we're taught that the world consists of Africa, ...

For one camper, a quick browse on Google Maps led to the discovery of what appears to be a meteor crater. Researchers are ...

A GROUNDBREAKING new model shows how present-day countries formed as land rearranged itself nearly 2 billion years ago. The scientific theory of plate tectonics strives to explain how mountains, ...

This is the second installment of a two-part series about the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission. Read part one here. Elevation ...

An Arjuna asteroid, discovered in August, will become a "mini-moon" event for nearly two months from Sept. 29 to Nov. 25.

Earth may briefly have had a ring system similar to Saturn ’s over 450 million years ago during a period of unusually intense ...

Analysis - African Arguments visited ten "active" coal mines around Ermelo in South Africa. Three were abandoned, and had ...

It took feats of engineering and deft piloting to map the planet’s topography, an achievement that continues to pay dividends ...

Over two hundred fifty million years ago, India, Africa, Australia ... Click here for a present-day map of the Indian subcontinent. India charged across the equator at rates of up to 15 cm ...

A plan to bring electricity to 300 million Africans by 2030, backed by an initial pledge of $30 billion from the World Bank and the African Development Bank, has begun to be implemented with an ...

Climate change and asteroids are linked with animal origin and extinction -- and plate tectonics also seems to play a key evolutionary role, 'groundbreaking' new fossil research reveals. The discovery ...

Anna Turns sets sail from Plymouth Sound to explore the significance of blue carbon in marine habitats around the UK.