geology

Scientists Puzzling Over Bright White Rock on Mars – the First of its Kind, Never Seen Before

Daisy Hips

Detail of image taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover shows boulder field on “Mount Washburn” Credit: NASA / Western Washington University ...

Forgotten 1937 Aerial Photos Expose Antarctic Anomaly

Daisy Hips

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have utilized aerial photos from 1937 to analyze the stability and growth of East ...

Meteorites From Mars Found on Earth Provide Unprecedented Insight into Red Planet

Daisy Hips

Chassigny meteorite in cross-polarized light –Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego When a meteorite smashed into Mars eleven ...

Video shows Iceland volcano erupt, blast lava into the sky

Abhinav Thawait

Iceland volcano eruption prompts evacuations, state of emergency issued A fiery volcano eruption has prompted officials in Iceland to issue ...

Scientists discover what gave birth to Earth’s unbreakable continents –

Daisy Hips

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Earth beneath our feet may feel solid, stable, and seemingly eternal. But the continents we call ...

Scientists Propose a New Continental Formation Theory

Daisy Hips

A new study by Penn State researchers suggests that cratons, ancient structures stabilizing Earth’s continents, formed around 3 billion years ...

NASA’s Curiosity Rover Uncovers Signs of an Earth-Like Environment on Ancient Mars

Daisy Hips

NASA’s Curiosity rover continues to search for signs that Mars’ Gale Crater conditions could support microbial life. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS Manganese-rich ...

2.9 magnitude earthquake rocks New Jersey

Elaine Hadley

The New York area was hit by another earthquake Saturday morning. At 9:49 a.m., a 2.9 magnitude earthquake rocked the ...

Oldest Undisputed Evidence of Earth’s Magnetic Field Uncovered in Greenland

Daisy Hips

An example of the 3.7 billion year old banded iron formation that is found in the northeastern part of the ...

6.8 magnitude earthquake hits near Mariana Islands Friday, no tsunami

Gregory Daniels

What you need to know about earthquakes Every year, there are about 500,000 earthquakes – 100,000 of which can be ...