Sinkites reveal inverted subsurface structures and may affect carbon storage strategies. Their formation remains under active investigation. Scientists have identified hundreds of massive sand formati ...

When high-velocity asteroids land on Earth, they can form a meteor impact crater. Such collisions have occurred throughout ...

Impact craters are formed when an object from space such as a meteoroid, asteroid or comet strikes Earth at a very high ...

Researchers found that earthquake-driven rock fractures can power deep-Earth life by splitting water into energy-rich compounds. Chinese scientists have recently questioned the long-standing idea that ...

Federal scientists are launching an ambitious mapping project to hunt for what could be a mother lode of rare earth elements ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth was sold for just over $5 million at an auction of rare geological and ...

The Cave of the Crystals in Chihuahua, Mexico is not only a stunning geological wonder but also incredibly dangerous to visit ...

A dusty envelope misplaced in a government archive has rewritten a chapter of mineral history. That 1949 letter, discovered ...

The latest issue of the University of Wyoming’s only peer-reviewed scientific journal, Rocky Mountain Geology, features an ...

The largest piece of Mars ever found on Earth has sold for just over $5 million at a Sotheby's auction in New York.

Whether this new understanding of Earth’s continents leads to groundbreaking discoveries about our planet’s past or influences future geological research and resource exploration, it’s clear ...

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...