Tracking diffuse, shearing deformation of continents is difficult. Numerical modelling of drainage evolution in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, suggests that rivers can act as dynamic markers of ...

In order to have formed recently, Mercury would have to be tectonically active right now and in the process of contracting. The only planet known to have this feature, up until now, was Earth.

But whether the moon is still tectonically active today has been a mystery. In 2010, Watters led a team that examined images from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter, launched in 2009, ...

The moon may be dynamic and tectonically active like Earth - not the inert world some scientists had believed it to be - based on a new analysis disclosed on Monday of quakes measured by ...

This evidence strongly suggests the moon is “tectonically active,” the study concluded. On Earth, the phrase tectonics has come to be associated with multiple tectonic plates.

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The tectonic plates that cover the entire earth are truly fascinating. Their boundaries ...

But to be tectonically active, a planet needs to have a cracked surface that is being pushed around by internal forces. Only Mercury and Earth have that. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED.

Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun in our Solar System. It is also now known to be the only other planet in our Solar System to be tectonically active. (Source: NASA/JHUAPL/Carnegie Institution ...

The moon is still tectonically active, like Earth, generating moonquakes just like our planet creates earthquakes, a new study based on Apollo mission data found.