The team also compared the Chang'e 5 regolith samples with lunar material brought back to Earth by NASA's Apollo missions between 1969 and 1972. The researchers found three exotic igneous clasts ...

These rocks really shouldn't be there. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The surprising discovery of volcanic, "igneous ...

Mars Rover May Have Snagged Rock Samples Formed From Cataclysmic Volcanic Eruptions. Dr. Alfredo ... a type of rock that defies simple categorization by being both igneous rock and sedimentary.

While volcanic, igneous rock predominates on Mars, virtually the entire Earth fossil record comes from sedimentary rocks. Addressing the problem, Swedish scientists have begun compiling evidence ...

When NASA’s Perseverance rover touched down in Jezero Crater in 2021, scientists expected to find rocks laid down by an ancient lake. What they didn’t expect was volcanic rock. And certainly ...

The Mars Perseverance rover’s latest finding suggests that the bedrock it has been driving over since landing was once formed by magma, something that was “completely unexpected,” according ...

NASA's Perseverance Mars rover has good reason to be proud. It's almost done building the very first sample depot on another world by depositing a collection of tubes stuffed with rocks onto the ...

Find out how magma has created igneous rock features with this BBC Bitesize Scotland article for P5, P6, P7 - Second Level CfE ...

Some other examples of igneous intrusions in Scotland can be found at Dumbarton Rock (a volcanic plug in Dumbarton) and Loudoun Hill (a volcanic plug in Ayrshire). Image gallery Skip image gallery ...