Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

Rivers began pumping weathered material into the sea about a billion years after Earth formed, suggesting continents may have gotten an early start.

Hubbard, who first joined the USGS as a postdoc, is part of the agency’s Earth Mapping Resource Initiative (Earth MRI).

What FACTS ABOUT ROCKS do you know? They are abundant on earth, and yet little is known about them. These facts will increase your knowledge of the rocks.

Analyses of rock and dust samples from the asteroid Bennu collected and brought to Earth by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft show ...

Dating key tectonic events in Japan's geological history has long been often challenging due to poor microfossil preservation ...

Last fall while waiting for freeze-up to provide easier travel, I perused two library books on the geology of Alaska, with my ...

Enthusiasts gathered at the Tyler Rose Garden Center this weekend for the annual East Texas Gem and Mineral Show.

Thousands of mounds and hills in Mars’ barren northern plains are full of clay minerals, providing evidence that the rocks ...

An igneous rock has come to be regarded, more constantly than before, not merely as a mineral-aggregate, but as-the product of consolidation of a molten rock-magma; and consideration has been ...

which usually involves vacuuming egg-like rocks known as nodules from the ocean floor. The nodules consist of a range of minerals, depending on where they’re located. Mining companies can ...

MOSCOW. Jan 16 (Interfax) - The Russian Natural Resources and Environment Ministry and the Mines and Geology Ministry of the Central African Republic have signed a memorandum of mutual understanding ...