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 ...

UC Riverside researchers have discovered a piece that was missing in previous descriptions of the way Earth recycles its carbon. As a result, they believe that global warming can overcorrect into an ...

and the rock record has completely vanished. The first half billion years of Earth's life left not a single bit of basalt behind. Because of this constant planetary recycling, the oldest ...

The surface of our planet is a true geological theater where a permanent spectacle of movements and transformations takes place. These impressive phenomena result from plate tectonics, a ...

Space news in 2025 is just wild. Every week, it feels like something new is happening—Mars rovers sending back weird photos, ...

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 ...

Highly detailed fossils are typically found in shale or other fine-grained sedimentary rocks. These ones? They’re made of iron.