By discovering carbonate rocks, NASA's Mars rovers may have unlocked the key to understanding the fate of the Red Planet's climate.

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Canadian researchers led by McGill PhD student Jonathan O'Neil said they'd found the world's oldest rocks, formed 4.3 billion ...

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal ...

Discover how scientists found and dated the oldest rocks on the planet, and why studying them can help explain how life on ...

Places such as Purgatory Chasm and Millstone Hill, in Worcester's Green Hill Park, bear witness to the work of the glaciers.

The molten rock was hot enough to melt the surrounding rocks and release massive amounts of carbon dioxide into Earth's ...

China’s Tianwen-3 Mars sample return mission could bring Red Planet rocks back to Earth as early as 2031—years ahead of competing U.S.-European efforts ...

Jezero Crater, once a lake bed some 3.5 billion years ago, has become the focus of NASA’s search for signs of past life. It’s ...

Utah offers incredible nearby road trips to diverse destinations like Crater Lake and Seattle. Travelers can explore ...

And that’s where it gets even more interesting – nearby sedimentary rocks contain structures that may be microfossils, hinting that life began not long after Earth itself. Not everyone’s fully ...