Ryugu’s samples reveal that water activity on asteroids lasted far longer than scientists thought, possibly reshaping ...

Stretching like a colossal spine along western South America, the Andes stand as the world's longest mountain range. It spans ...

Controversial evidence hints that complex life might have emerged hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously ...

The USGS publishes a geological map that reveals the underground layers of the U.S. and supports environmental education and ...

Belfast author Anne Madden’s book research takes her on a Wild West adventure, following in the footsteps of the founders of ...

Rocks store information from long ago. For instance, their composition can reveal the environmental conditions during their ...

What if cropdusting could cool down the climate? What about rockdusting? Turns out sprinkling rock dust on fields may enhance ...

A new study has revealed that our understanding of the South Pole-Aitken basin was quite literally back-to-front, meaning ...

Researchers have discovered a natural mechanism that removes carbon dioxide much faster than previously thought. The process ...

The planet has been so drastically transformed since in that time, no unmixed trace of the proto-Earth was thought to have ...