Aurora borealis displays may be visible in more than a dozen states on Saturday night, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as ongoing geomagnetic storm conditions are ...

Scientists have uncovered the oldest direct evidence yet that Earth’s tectonic plates were on the move 3.5 billion years ago. By analyzing magnetic fingerprints in ancient rocks, they reconstructed ...

NOAA says viewers should travel as far north as possible and find a high vantage point that lacks light pollution. The lights are more visible when it is dark outside, and NOAA recommends looking ...

The colossal movements of tectonic plates shape our world, influencing the composition of Earth’s atmosphere, the planet’s protective magnetic field and perhaps even the flourishing of life. Now ...

Magnetic crystals provide the earliest evidence yet of the plate tectonics that likely made Earth habitable, pushing its start back by 140 million years.

By Kermit Pattison / Harvard Staff WriterThe history of the Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates.The motions of plates shaped land ...

The history of Earth is written on the great tablets of tectonic plates. The motions of plates shaped land masses, formed ...