NASA directed $310 million this year to the effort to bring Mars rocks back to Earth, a steep drop from the $822.3 million it ...

Layers of volcanic rock in Eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...

Another port on a wall opposite to the entrance is where Orion crew spacecraft would dock to bring astronauts, moon rocks and ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

During its recent exploration of the crater rim, Perseverance diverted to explore a strange, scattered field of bright white ...

The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that ...

Around 700 million years ago, the Earth cooled so much that scientists believe massive ice sheets encased the entire planet ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Van Niekerk’s expedition will embark on pioneering fieldwork in Antarctica, starting this 2024/2025 austral summer season and ...

Scientists can’t know precisely when a volcano is about to erupt, but they can sometimes pick up telltale signs. That ...

Archaeologists in Tajikistan have discovered a rock-shelter that may have been a migration site for Neanderthals, Denisovans, ...