In China’s Taklimakan Desert, engineers are drilling a scientific well over six miles deep to explore the Earth’s interior ...

A massive plume of molten rock, hidden deep beneath the Appalachian Mountains, is on the move—and its slow journey is aimed ...

There were at least six separate earthquakes in an earthquake swarm in the San Ramon area on Friday night. No damage was reported, but locals were somewhat rattled by the frequency.

Deep beneath East Africa, the planet is quietly rewriting its own map. A colossal crack is opening in the Earth’s crust—so slowly that no one alive today will witness its final outcome, yet fast ...