The model Kite’s team built was unique in that it captured evolution of the Martian landscape and climate over an extremely ...

Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the "clocks" geologists use to date events can also be misread.

Tungsten (W), a hard, heat-resistant, and corrosion-resistant metal, is indispensable to modern high-tech industries—from ...

Sedimentary rocks cover 75% of the Earth's surface. Four basic processes are involved in the formation of a clastic sedimentary rock: weathering (erosion)caused mainly by friction of waves, ...

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest? New research suggests they are.

By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's ...

Understanding geology is critical to studying paleontology because fossils are preserved in rock. The characteristics of the rocks that hold fossils can be as informative as the fossils themselves.

This link to water is why alien sedimentary rocks are rare. But they do exist. Certain asteroids, like Ryugu and Bennu, are rubble piles, essentially a strange space conglomerate—a type of ...

Our courses are designed to emphasize the field description and documentation of igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary rocks, the interpretation of outcrop- and regional-scale structures and the ...