A new study by Dr. Margherita Mussi, published in Quaternary International, highlights how naturally occurring basalt spheres ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

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

Quaise used a gyrotron to vaporize basalt rock during a demonstration in January (the video was sped up). A beam of electromagnetic energy traveling at the speed of light strikes a thick slab of ...

The town of Basalt will enforce a new two-hour parking limit on 119 spots on Midland Avenue and Two Rivers Road in the heart ...

A project at the University of Tokyo has now applied a photothermal optical spectroscopy technique to the task, investigating whether it could detect evidence of living microbes while satisfying these ...

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