Scientists have have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of ...

One way to find water worlds beyond our solar system could be to look for minerals — or more specifically, to study minerals mixed with cool lava on exoplanet surfaces. This is because if water ...

Researchers are using basalt spectra to study exoplanets and search for water with the James Webb Space Telescope. By ...

Firefly's Blue Ghost witnessed Earth blocking out the Sun from its point of view on the Moon, while we experienced a lunar ...

In northern Türkiye's Bartın, basalt rocks formed million years ago by the cooling and crystallization of lava from volcanic eruptions ...

cascade down black basalt columns or trickle through green landscapes and lava fields. The surreal landscapes of this Nordic island – and its mesmerizing waterfalls – have been formed over ...