The origins of plate tectonics on Earth are hotly debated, but evidence from Australia now shows that parts of the crust ...

Geology is full of detective stories about the Earth's history, and a new paper in Geology by University of New Mexico ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

What we know today as Sabino Canyon was the site of a whole lot of scrunching 25 million years ago. The resulting gneiss appears today as the comely striped rocks ...

Geologists confirm that industrial waste turns into rock in just 35 years, challenging traditional ideas about geological ...

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

Beyond its tech image, Bengaluru is home to breathtaking rock formations shaped by time, weather, and legend. Explore these ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Q48 was originally highlighted as a high-priority target based on historic drilling that encountered structurally disrupted, ...

Our planet has been asteroid-smashed, melted and eroded, enough that most of its original armor has been long buried. Except ...

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal article published last week in London.

Two isotope systems gave matching ages, strengthening the case that this rock is genuinely from the Hadean. If confirmed, it would make the Nuvvuagittuq belt the oldest known chunk of Earth’s crust, ...