Memorizing seven continents feels settled, like learning the alphabet. A new study argues the ground rules are less tidy. The ...

The history of Earth's continents might be different from what we first thought. The most popular theory of how the continents formed billions of years ago may not be right, according to a paper in ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa, ...

For decades, students around the world have memorized the same geography lesson: seven continents, split cleanly by oceans and plate boundaries. But new research out of the University of Derby is ...

Across the planet, water makes up 71% of Earth’s surface. The remaining space is covered by land — continents and islands. Before Earth’s land formed the seven continents in the present day, all the ...

The first half-billion years of Earth science were gnarly. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. When Earth was just a wee young thing, ...

July 1 (UPI) --According to a new model, Earth's first continents emerged much earlier than previously thought. After emerging from the planet's primordial oceans, the continents disappeared without a ...

Seen from space, our planet has often been called a "blue marble." It's not, however, just the swirly white clouds that give Earth its marbled appearance. The continents: They are what complete the ...

For the past two years or so, some of us here at autoevolution have been looking at photos of Mars and tried to bring before your eyes the most exciting and unexpected details of a place we might be ...