Mercury, the smallest planet in the solar system, has spent billions of years quietly getting even smaller. Since its fiery beginnings 4.5 billion years ago, it has been steadily cooling and ...

Greenland is being twisted, compressed, and stretched. This happens due to plate tectonics and movements in the bedrock, ...

Not to worry though, lovers and crooners, it won't be disappearing any time soon. New research indicates cracks in the moon's crust that have formed as the interior has cooled and shrunk over the past ...

Ice sheets are melting, causing the tectonic plates to shift and setting Greenland adrift. According to researchers, Greenland is expanding and contracting at the same time, much like the rest of the ...