In northeast Ethiopia, the rift shoved continental plates apart by 25 feet in just a few days, completely shocking ...
When the supercontinent Pangea began to fragment around 200 million years ago during the Early Jurassic, it reshaped the face of the planet. Vast new oceans opened, continents drifted apart and the ...
When we think of ice on Mars, we typically think of the poles, where we can see it visibly through probes and even ...
THE Moon’s “skin” is cracking as Earth’s lunar pal SHRINKS, scientists say. Rather than being a dead rock whizzing around Earth, our neighbouring moon is still active – ...
Researchers have created the first worldwide map and detailed study of small mare ridges (SMRs), subtle geological features that signal tectonic ...
Researchers have uncovered more than a thousand previously unknown tectonic ridges across the Moon’s dark plains, showing the ...
The map unveils small mare ridges, geologically young features that will aid the selection of landing sites for future Moon missions.