Scientists are decoding fragile meteorites to uncover which small asteroids could become future treasure troves for space exploration.

New models suggest Uranus and Neptune may hold far more rock than expected, raising questions about how these distant planets formed.

New simulations suggest Uranus and Neptune may contain far more rock than ice, offering fresh explanations for their unusual ...

Archeologists say they have finally cracked the 6,000-year-old mystery of Armenia’s “dragon stones" – massive carved ...

Scientists in Missouri are actively pursuing dozens of minerals, including rare ones, that have been found across the state.

The specimen containing Scoriaceous Lava collected during Darwin’s legendary voyage aboard H.M.S. Beagle (1831–1836) will be ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has spent years combing Jezero Crater for traces of ancient water and potential biosignatures, but its latest find is something far more alien to the local bedrock: a dark, ...

Crack open a piece of volcanic rock that formed roughly 2.05 billion years ago, and you might expect nothing but minerals, and certainly not living microbes. However, scientists tend to think ...

This new Special Paper from The Geological Society of America reproduces the "scientific autobiography" of Joseph Paxson Iddings (1857-1920). Iddings was considered the leading American igneous ...

In a recent study, geologists say Michigan is home to the oldest known rock in the nation. Watersmeet gneiss is found in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Minnesota's Morton gneiss previously held the title ...