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 ...

BEFORE entering upon a sketch of the growth of the European Continent from the earliest times until it reached its present dimensions and outlines, I will say something of the growth of continents in ...

Scientists have answered one of the most puzzling questions in plate tectonics: how and why 'stable' parts of continents gradually rise to form some of the planet's greatest topographic features.

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 ...

Scientists recently published new ideas about why Earth’s toughest, oldest continents persist. These continents, known as cratons, have been on earth for more than two billion years. Andrew Zuza, an ...

In terms of breakups, the splitting of Australia and the lost continent of Argoland 155 million years ago was a big one. In fact, it was so dramatic that it has taken until now for researchers to ...

Earth’s eighth continent, Zealandia, has been largely unrecognized and “missing” from maps for 375 years. This mostly underwater landmass, spanning about 4.9 million square kilometers, challenges ...

Late last year, scientists in New Zealand announced that they had created the most thorough map of any continent on planet Earth. For decades, the geologists had dug up and analyzed countless rock ...

Scientists have pieced together the remnants of a continent that broke off from western Australia 155 million years ago and seemingly vanished as it drifted northward toward Southeast Asia. When you ...

Researchers have uncovered evidence of a lost continent that lies hidden beneath jungles in Southeast Asia, according to a study. Geoscientists have long suspected that around 155 million years ago a ...

Argoland, once part of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana, was long thought to be lost. But scientists recently discovered it splintered apart in Southeast Asia. The lost continent may have broken ...