Southern Africa is widely recognized for its rich fossil record, preserving evidence of ancient life, including dinosaurs.
A puzzling wrinkled rock formation in Morocco has led scientists to rethink where ancient microbes could live. Instead of ...
The search for life on Mars involves the efforts of scientists from many different disciplines. An important aspect of that ...
The continental collisions that created this narrow Mideast waterway endowed the region with its petrochemical riches—and ...
Continuous friction from water, sand, and wind slowly smooths the surface. This process takes a very long time. This is Elephant Rocks, Western Australia. Plot thickens as security guard in Chappell ...
This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Apollo rocks show the moon’s magnetic field experienced intense spikes 3 billion to 4 billion years ago that ...
Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ancient supercontinent. More than 800 million years ago, tectonic rifting ...
Test your rock & mineral smarts—are you a Rock Star? Think you know rocks and minerals? Take the Science Trek quiz! Test your smarts on gold, salt, Earth’s oldest rocks, gemstones on Mars, and the ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That’s what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in earth sciences and seismology, she gets much of her ...
Like an interstellar rolling stone. NASA scientists were baffled after uncovering a rock on Mars that didn’t belong there — with a composition pointing to potentially interstellar origins. “This rock ...