The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

New research shows cosmic rays can break water underground, releasing energy that may sustain life deep beneath ice, rock, or alien crusts.

Scientists thought this crater in Australia was the world’s oldest – but an independent analysis shows they might be off by 800 million years.

Another (and, in our view, more important) source of energy for life on Iceheim is the heat coming from its core, underneath ...

“What we’ve been trying to do is find a baby version of our Solar System somewhere else,” Merel van ’t Hoff, an astronomer at ...

New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs about how the planet’s first continents came into being ...

Scientists found a huge chain of old volcanoes under South China. This 400-mile-long arc formed 800 million years ago. It ...

Evidence that rocky planets beyond Jupiter formed as rapidly, and at the same time, as the inner planets could transform our ...

Discover how the Dead Sea, Earth's lowest and saltiest lake, continues to build massive underground salt formations.

Scientists have uncovered submerged human cities and migration routes beneath the sea.

In the 1860s, Austrian friar Gregor Mendel published experiments showing how traits are inherited through discrete units (now ...

60 Interesting Ocean Facts That'll Either Terrify You or Amaze You first appeared on Parade on Jul 20, 2025 This story was ...