The Moon, long treated as a geologically dead world, is producing seismic activity from sources that scientists are only now beginning to identify. Reanalysis of decades-old Apollo seismic records, ...

The Moon is slowly shrinking as its interior cools, and that contraction is generating faults and seismic activity in the ...

As PG&E’s aging Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant is up for a 20-year federal license renewal, one scientist cites new GPS data to suggest there’s a looming seismic threat from an active thrust fault ...

Findings from a recently published paper led by Smithsonian senior scientist emeritus Thomas R. Watters reveal evidence that the south polar region of Earth’s moon has experienced the effects of the ...

The 4.4 magnitude earthquake that was felt in many Southern California cities Monday fell on the Puente Hills Thrust Fault System, which is potentially the most destructive in the region. Millions of ...