The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

New research reveals how rock strength plays a crucial role in erosion, shaping landscapes over millions of years.

Imagine floating in space, gazing on a frozen white orb. The ball hangs in the void, lonely and gleaming in the light from ...

Patagonia’s ‘living rocks’ hold ancient bacterial biofilms, offering insights into early life and potential bioengineering ...

Scientists with a new theory about how Earth’s early continents formed predicted where a superold impact crater should ...

The discovery of pale, loose rocks on the Martian surface could suggest that Mars was once a much warmer world.

A study of ancient stromatolites reveals that ammonium reservoirs in early Earth's oceans, likely influenced by volcanic ...

In short, asteroid 2024 YR4 went from breaking records for known threatening asteroids to being a near-zero threat. At some ...

Kirkland and researchers the University of Portsmouth in England and St. Francis Xavier University in Canada chemically ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...