Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, highlighting the possibility of microbial life ...

who currently holds a £1-million project to investigate how rare earth element deposits form, research that could help guide efforts to pinpoint new, economically viable sources. Rare earth deposits ...

Iron oxide minerals are found in rocks around the globe. Some are magnetic, and some of them rust—especially when exposed to ...

Sometimes scientists must dig and work and sweat to make scientific discoveries. And sometimes a robot rolls over a rock that ...

Mars expert Roger Wiens and his team, including the rover Perseverance, discovered fascinating rocks incorporating kaolinite ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

The Arunachaleshwara of Thiruvannamalai sits on igneous rock, representing fire ... He is a hunter, a popular form of the deity. Hunter Kannappa Nayanar plucked out his eyes to offer them to ...

Martian Rock Analysis Reveals the Planet Had 'Secret Ingredient' That Was Ideal for Starting Life Planet Mars has always been ...

found that an immense reservoir of liquid water may reside deep under the Martian surface within fractured igneous rocks. For decades, scientists have used satellite images to trace Martian ...

On Earth, beach deposits of this size would have needed millions of years to form, the researchers said ... the Martian surface within fractured igneous rocks. For decades, scientists have ...

Volcanoes can also form where plates crash into ... One final type of volcanic system is the Large Igneous Province, a massive outpouring of lava made from rocks called basalts.