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A machine-learning-enhanced approach to chemical analysis is drastically expanding the chemical record of life on Earth, and ...

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An international group of geologists and paleontologists has developed a new method to accurately determine the age of rocks ...

Earthquake faults deep in the Earth can glue themselves back together following a seismic event, according to a new study led ...

The new approach looks at the distribution of molecular fragments in material, allowing for broad surveys in degraded specimens ...

In Eagle County, many of us spend our time looking up toward mountain peaks, sunsets, or circling hawks, but some of the most fascinating parts of Colorado’s story lie beneath our feet. Rocks are ...

"Meteorites provide the cheapest form of space exploration. They transport us back in time, providing clues to the age, ...

Scientists have discovered a meteorite older than Earth, offering the earliest clues to how the Solar System formed and how ...

A man searching for gold in Australia instead unearthed a 17-kilogram meteorite, estimated to be 4.6 billion years old. This ...