Lithium and other critical minerals are in often-overlooked water sources like geothermal brines and oilfield produced water.

"Its occurrence is like finding a tropical seed in Arctic ice – indicating either an unexpected local environment or ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

In the far, northwestern corner of Oklahoma's Panhandle, you can find Black Mesa State Park and Black Mesa Nature Preserve.

Rocks from the Hadean Eon, the first period in the geological timescale, have been dated in Québec. These are some of the ...

Rocks older than 4.03 billion years could shed light on Earth's earliest geological history, but they're incredibly rare.

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

Perseverance cracked open a tricky Mars rock to find water-related minerals, then zoomed across the landscape to make its ...

The pristine samples from asteroid Ryugu returned by the Hayabusa2 mission on December 6, 2020, have been vital to improving ...

An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson Bay may contain the oldest known rocks on Earth, a new ...

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior.