This illustration shows an early Earth with plate tectonics. (Image credit: Zoonar GmbH / Alamy) A unique rock formation in China holds clues that tectonic plates subducted, or went underneath ...

A previously unknown layer of partially molten rock has been detected beneath Earth’s crust. The discovery could help scientists learn more about the motions of Earth’s tectonic plates.

In the heart of Asia, deep underground, two huge tectonic plates are crashing into each other — a violent but slow-motion bout of geological bumper cars that over time has sculpted the soaring ...

Image depicting Earth's tectonic plates. The East Africa Rift System may lead the African plate to be split in two. iStock Previously, it was thought the rotation direction was related to mantle ...

Illustration reveals formation of Pangea Proxima The earth's tectonic plates are constantly shifting and changing, causing continents to move by a few centimetres every year.