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 ...

The Moon, unlike Earth, lacks an atmosphere to absorb or deflect impact debris. A direct hit from YR4 could create a crater ...

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

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

Since their formation billions of years ago, the oldest parts of the Earth's continental rocks have generated natural ...

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 ...