Sedimentary rocks have unveiled a fascinating chapter in Earth’s geological history, revealing ancient ocean floor cooling.

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

A “chert” taken from a drill core on Shatsky Rise. This sedimentary rock gives clues to researchers about the amount of heat ...

Location of the sedimentary rocks – known as cherts – that were investigated: Shatsky Rise in the northern West Pacific is ...

It's not the first time there have been claims of signs of life on Mars, so why are scientists particularly thrilled now?

Hidden beneath farmland in the central tablelands of New South Wales lies one of Australia's most extraordinary fossil ...

In his laboratory at the University of Poitiers in France, Abderrazak El Albani contemplates the rock glittering in his hands ...