The continents we live on today are moving, and over hundreds of millions of years they get pulled apart and smashed together again. Occasionally, this tectonic plate-fueled process brings most of the ...

About 1.1 billion years ago, the oldest and most tectonically stable part of North America—called Laurentia—was rapidly heading south toward the equator. Laurentia eventually slammed into Earth's ...

A recently discovered enormous source of niobium — a metal that's essential for much of today's technology — appears to have formed when the supercontinent Rodinia ripped apart around 830 million ...

The ancient supercontinent Rodinia may be responsible. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A mystery lies deep within the Grand ...

The team linked the rupture of the supercontinent Rodinia to these deposits. When the supercontinent was pulled apart by the movement of the tectonic plates, Earth's crust thinned at the newly formed ...

Scientists have identified three definitive supercontinents in Earth's history and predict the landmasses we live on today will come together again in the future. When you purchase through links on ...