Although the Moon is Earth’s closest celestial neighbor, it is far from inactive. Recent observations reveal cracks spreading across its surface, driven by a combination of Earth's gravitational pull, ...

It’s one of the only places on Earth where three giant cracks, or rifts, in the Earth’s surface meet. These rifts stretch across Ethiopia and beyond, and over time, they are splitting the land apart.

The forces shaping the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau have long been a mystery to geologists. New seismic data, however, reveals an unexpected process taking place beneath the Earth’s surface. A ...