A new atlas charts the global distribution of unusual, critical-metal-bearing igneous rocks, finding that they often form ...

A hidden crater in South Korea may hold clues to one of the biggest turning points in Earth’s history: the rise of oxygen. Scientists discovered fossil-like stromatolites — layered structures built by ...

Scientists discovered hidden phosphorus spikes in ancient limestone that may help explain two of Earth’s worst marine mass ...

Geochemists have measured and tracked long-term accumulations of natural hydrogen leaking from billion-year-old rocks in the ...

A newly discovered asteroid is on course to pass closer to Earth than many orbiting satellites next Monday. Here's what to ...

A routine drilling operation on Mars rarely sounds dramatic, but even small moments can turn unusual in ways scientists do ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - For NASA's Perseverance Rover, life on Mars has been a marathon, not a sprint. For more than five years, the six-wheeled robotic explorer has been ...

NASA's Curiosity Mars Rover Was Stuck in a Rock: Watch It Free Itself ...

Billions of years before humans, forests, or oceans, Earth’s surface was a chaotic, evolving landscape. New research on ancient zircons and rocks reveals surprising evidence of early continents, ...

The Canadian fossils belong to the White Sea group. But they appear to be around 567 million years old – 5 to 10 million ...

A remarkable discovery in Denali National Park has unveiled "The Coliseum," a vast fossilized dinosaur track site. Revealed ...

Idaho has the hot rock gold potential for adding energy independence, economic prosperity and a healthier climate to our ...