An aluminum tab from a drinks can found encased in a new form of rock on the Cumbrian coastline has helped provide scientists ...

EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the ...

A rock containing many smaller round stones could indicate that there was once a large amount of liquid water on the Red ...

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

WASHINGTON - A mineral called siderite found abundantly in rock drilled by a NASA rover on the surface of Mars is providing ...

A new study analyzing data from NASA's Perseverance rover has uncovered compelling evidence of multiple mineral-forming events just beneath the Martian surface -- findings that bring scientists one ...

While the rover can take images and test the yellow crystals' composition ... The rover took three separate rock core samples from the area; two are sedimentary, while the other is silica-cemented ...

The colorful swirls and stripes that characterize China's Rainbow Mountains would have remained hidden without the epic tectonic collision that created the Himalayas.

Modern continental rocks carry chemical signatures from the very start of our planet's history, challenging current theories about plate tectonics. Researchers have made a new discovery that ...