After hundreds of years of speculation, scientists say they’ve finally mapped out Earth’s “lost” eighth continent, Zealandia. In a new study published in the journal Tectonics, researchers announced ...

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The two halves of the African continent are moving apart at a rate of a few millimeters each year, geologists have calculated ...

The map of the world looked very different 240 million years ago. Earth's modern-day continents were joined together in one Pac-Man-shaped supercontinent known as Pangea, which eventually split into ...

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A vast, mostly submerged landmass in the South Pacific, Zealandia, is now recognized as Earth's eighth continent. Recent mapping confirms its continental crust, scale, and ancient origins, challenging ...

The mostly submarine continent includes New Zealand. — -- We're taught in elementary school that there are seven continents on Earth -- Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America ...

A group of geologists is making a new push to add an eighth continent to the accepted list, known as Zealandia. The scientists have been working for two decades gathering data to support their claim ...

If you thought discovering the 7 continents was a thing of centuries past, you'll be surprised to hear we misplaced an entire continent under the island of Mauritius. New data from crystals on the ...

Scientists have pieced together the remnants of a continent that broke off from western Australia 155 million years ago and seemingly vanished as it drifted northward toward Southeast Asia. When you ...