This past summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and ...

In the summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and northern ...

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Paleontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), in ...

A 37-carat diamond, half pink and half colorless, found in Botswana, intrigues scientists due to its two-stage origin and ...

Earth is about 4.54 billion years old, but only a few rocks survive that were formed at the onset of the planet's history. These very ancient rocks are exceedingly uncommon because nearly all of Earth ...

A visit to Antelope Canyon's lesser-known sibling.

Geoscientists have solved an age-old mystery of oceanic volcanism and plate tectonics, explaining why some islands contain so much continental material despite their distance from continental plates.

A research team from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (NIGPAS), in collaboration with ...

Early this year, a surprise space rock made headlines around the globe when the International Asteroid Warning Network sounded its highest alarm since its creation in 2013. Threat levels for the newly ...

Combining analytical chemistry with machine learning doubled the age of ancient rocks that can be examined for signs of ...

Could the chemical fingerprints of life really persist for billions of years, hidden in rocks reshaped by eons of heat and ...

After years of federal efforts to revive nuclear power, old mines are stirring again in Wyoming, Texas and Arizona, while new ones line up for permitting expedited by a Trump executive order. The post ...