Australia is not only the smallest continent but also Earth's largest island. But the land Down Under wasn't always so isolated; it was once part of a bigger supercontinent. So when did Australia ...

Our planet does some weird stuff that escapes our notice simply because of scale. The Earth spins faster during an El Niño year—or after some earthquakes—but we’re never going to miss a millisecond ...

For as long as I've known Earth has seven continents, I've been intrigued by the smallest one, floating around by itself in a corner of the world map. Isolated as an island nation, Australia seemed ...

Australia might not be as far away as it used to be because the entire continent has moved 1.5 meters (4.9 feet) since 1994, according to Reuters. How did this happen? Tectonic shifts are the reason.

Roughly 155 million years ago, a continent called Argoland broke off from what is now Australia, and then vanished without a ...

An analysis of feldspar crystals within the oldest magmatic rocks in Australia has provided a unique insight into Earth's ...