Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

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Perseverance rover found a rock on Mars named Phippsaksla with so much iron and nickel that it could be a meteorite.

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...

Sometimes to truly study something up close, you have to take a step back. That's what Andrea Donnellan does. An expert in ...

High in the Canadian wilderness, Smithsonian scientists search for ancient minerals that could explain the origins of the continents, oceans and life on Earth Emma Saaty NMNH research geologist ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name “Hadean” comes from the Greek god of the underworld, reflecting the extreme heat that likely ...

Scientists studying Jurassic rocks in China found that cyclical changes in Earth's orbit affected not only the climate, but ...

A new study confirms a rock formation connecting Scotland and Ireland holds rare clues about our planet's snowy history. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

In the distant past, the solar system was rife with impacts and collisions. Millions of rocky objects zoomed chaotically through the system, smashing into each other in collisional cascades. Over time ...

Ancient microbial activity preserved in deep seafloor sediments challenges assumptions about where fragile traces of early ...

In the summer of 2024, a robotic mission landed for the first time on the far side of the Moon. The Chinese Chang’e-6 lander planted a flag, dug up more than four pounds of rock and soil, and brought ...