A high-resolution map of Mars's entire magnetic field provides new evidence that Earth-like plate tectonics - great crustal plates pulling apart and crashing together - underpin the red planet's ...

Our planet is not a static mass; it's a dynamic jigsaw puzzle made of giant pieces called tectonic plates. These plates, constantly shifting and colliding, shape the continents, oceans, and mountains ...

The Earth is made of different layers: the core, mantle and crust. Plate tectonic theory shows that the crust of the Earth is split into plates (pieces of the Earth’s crust). The movement of these ...