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Geologists have long known that around 155 million years ago, a 5,000 km long piece of continent broke off western Australia and drifted away. They can see that by the 'void' it left behind: a basin ...

There are seven continents on Earth, or so we learned in school. But it turns out that these designations are not as straightforward as they seem, and different scientists have different views on how ...

In 1776, a Native American delegation traveled from the Ohio Valley into the Smoky Mountains to the Cherokee town of Chota to call for a united resistance to white settlers. One of the Shawnee ...

Did you know our planet has seven huge areas called continents? They are Asia, Africa, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia. Each one is special and even has its own ...

If you were to arrive in our solar system never having seen it before, you’d be impressed with variety. Giant gas planets with rings, moons spanning from minuscule to enormous, icy comets that hurtle ...

Earth scientists have discovered how continents are slowly peeled from beneath, fueling volcanic activity in an unexpected place: the oceans. The research, led by the University of Southampton, shows ...