NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.

The Snowball Earth hypothesis has been largely based on evidence from sedimentary rocks exposed in areas that once were along ...

Mars was hit by an asteroid 11 million years ago because of which pieces of the Red Planet had been disbursed into space.  A ...

"On Earth, if you have basaltic rocks erupting from mid-ocean ridges ... of similar bulk chemistry can contain different minerals, so these are both important characteristics to examine." The National ...

By probing chemical processes observed in the Earth's hot mantle, Cornell scientists have started developing a library of ...

Ever since the term “Snowball Earth” was first proposed in a 1992 paper, it has prompted substantial debate among scientists.

An asteroid struck Mars 11 million years ago and sent pieces of the red planet hurtling through space. One of these chunks of ...

For just £20.00, attendees will gain a foundational understanding of rock formation and classification, handle real rock and ...

In a bid to unearth its own nickel, lithium, and more, the U.S. is using AI to help zero in on mineral-rich deposits.

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

The existence of “Snowball Earth” is now widely accepted, but the idea ice coverage was universal is so extraordinary and ...