What field of science could be more solid than geology? Rocks are visible, tangible. You can bang on them with a hammer, drill them, compress them, zap them with X-rays, ultraviolet light and radar, ...

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The most accessible part of the earth’s interior is at the ocean’s bottom, where the crust is thin. Project Mohole, the U.S. attempt to reach the boundary layer between the earth’s crust and mantle by ...

The first samples from the farside of the moon contain signs of surprising volcanic activity near the lunar south pole. Two separate analyses of lunar rocks brought to Earth by China’s Chang’e-6 ...

Rocks once buried deep in ancient subduction zones -- where tectonic plates collide -- could help scientists make better predictions of how these zones behave during the years between major ...

Introduction Have you ever visited a canyon or cave and wondered how those formations came to be? Or observed smooth stones by a river or beach? These results are due to a process called weathering.

HOUSTON — The first person to set foot on the moon had one last task before he came home. Neil Armstrong needed to pick up rocks — as many as he could carry, as interesting as he could find. The ...