Geologists from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have made a breakthrough in understanding how Earth's early continents ...

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

Epic Guide to Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming including things to do, history, camping, nearby lodging, and mo ...

Meteorites from Mercury have never been found on Earth. But two pieces discovered in the Sahara desert might be remnants of ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

Yooperlites are a variety of sodalite-rich syenite found in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

Gray rocks uncovered in northern Nunavik, Quebec, Canada may be the ultimate primordial find. The stones date back 4.16 ...

Mount Lewotobi Laki‑laki erupted on Tuesday, June 17, sending a towering ash plume up to 11 km into the sky, which ...

The Perseverance rover finds a mysterious black rock on Mars, “Skull Hill,” which intrigues scientists because of its possible origin.

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 not a ...

Sodalite forms in igneous rocks that crystallized from sodium-rich, silica-poor magmas. That’s how it got its name—soda + lithos, or “sodium stone," according to Rock Your World gem & art ...

Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa In southern Africa, the Barberton Greenstone Belt has rocks that are between 3.5 and 4.1 billion years old.