A 2.35-billion-year-old Moon rock that fell to Earth in Africa is rewriting what we know about lunar volcanism. This rare meteorite, studied by UK scientists and unveiled at a major geochemistry ...

The biggest Martian meteorite ever found on Earth is heading to auction in New York. Here is a break down of what makes it ...

A 54-pound (25-kilogram) rock. Estimated auction price: $2 million to $4 million. Why so expensive? It’s the largest piece of ...

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

This is a scientifically and historically thrilling find for both the Museum and the larger Denver community,” said Dr. James Hagadorn, the curator of geology at the Denver Museum of Nature and ...

Image of crushed up ore from the quantum microscope. Researchers can determine which ores are present in crushed up rocks and colour-code them to distinguish waste from good ore. Driving along rural ...

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.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Perseverance cracked open a tricky Mars rock to find water-related minerals, then zoomed across the landscape to make its ...

Due to their stability toward reductive dissolution, Fe-bearing clay minerals are viewed as a renewable source of Fe redox activity in diverse environments. Recent findings of interfacial electron ...

The Transantarctic Mountains (TAM) are a massive mountain belt that spans Antarctica, separating the eastern part of the ...

The thick, mineral-rich layers of clay found on Mars suggest that the Red Planet harbored potentially life-hosting environments for long stretches in the ancient past, a new study suggests.