Charles Ver Straeten, curator of sedimentary rocks at the New York State Museum, made an unexpected discovery while surveying ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover recently captured a stunning image of a black-and-white striped rock on Mars, sparking excitement ...

Mars, our neighboring red planet, possesses some of the most dazzling and extreme geological features within our solar system ...

One might assume that marine fossils are exclusively unearthed in sedimentary coastal or underwater deposits. This is far ...

At the top of the world, there is a sea—the remains of one, at least. The summit rocks of Mount Everest, the highest ...

The gigantic Yellowstone Grand Canyon, lined with volcanic rock. With all the effects of hydrothermal activity, river erosion ...

Rocks are categorized into three main types: igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic. There are over 4,000 identified minerals on Earth. Common rocks include granite, basalt, limestone, and sandstone.

Another issue is that softer sedimentary rock tends to give way to hard “basement” rock such as granite and basalt deep into the subsurface. These harder rocks cause frequent wear-and-tear to ...

Several factors supported this conclusion, such as the deposits' ages matching those of the surrounding sedimentary rocks, their close association with in situ greenstone, and the absence of chert ...

Robbers used explosives to force open a door at a Dutch museum early Saturday morning, stealing several gold masterpieces, museum officials said in a statement. Police received a report at 3:45 a ...

The surface of Mars is frigid and desiccated today, but billions of years ago it was a different story. Empty riverbeds and other telltale features speak to an abundance of surface water early in ...