Scientists think that about 90% of earthquakes occur in areas near tectonic plate boundaries, but sometimes they can occur in unexpected remote locations.
India - Australia - Capricorn tectonic plates are splitting at a rate of about 1.7 mm a year.
Two mysterious continents, possibly the first parts of the earth or the ocean floor of the early earth, have just been discovered ... in our gluttonous planet.
A plate of tectonics that once disappeared in North America hundreds of millions of years ago has been discovered still lurking in central California (USA) and Mexico.
NASA's Mars Exploration Robot has discovered a new mineral that completely changes what humans have known about the Red Planet.
Canadian scientists found a cause coming from outer space to help life grow and maintain on Earth, instead of the nearest planets, Venus.
Today, astronomers have shown us that the earth is just one of the vast number of planets that can have life. Biologists have revealed to us how life on earth originated.
The magnitude 7.1 earthquake claimed more than 240 lives yesterday arising along the boundary between the Cocos and North American arrays when the southernmost plate of tectonic
New Zealand scientists claim to have never witnessed this anomalous phenomenon.
A 7-magnitude earthquake rocked southern Japan, after less than 2 days a 6.2-magnitude earthquake also occurred in the region.