A 2.35-billion-year-old meteorite with a unique chemical signature, found in Africa in 2023, plugs a major gap in our ...

Sheboygan teachers David and Janine Young, known as the Great Lakes Rock Hounds, uncover Yooperlites, unique glowing rocks, ...

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Discovered in Niger in 2023, the rare chunk weighs 54 pounds and represents more than 6 percent of all Mars material on Earth ...

In the far, northwestern corner of Oklahoma's Panhandle, you can find Black Mesa State Park and Black Mesa Nature Preserve.

The oldest terrestrial materials ever dated by scientists are extremely rare zircon minerals that were discovered in western ...

This year’s top islands, as voted in our “World’s Best Awards” survey for 2025, span 18 countries, from the Mediterranean to ...

Imagine alien limestone towers emerging from a creepy (but beautiful) lake. Now, add toxic water and dangerous dust storms, ...

When water interacts with geological formations, several processes occur. Groundwater is formed when rainwater seeps through rock and soil to ...