The film explores the origins of various rocks found in the Grand Canyon, revealing that many rocks are formed from ancient sand dunes that hardened over time. It discusses how to interpret clues in ...

A major advantage of this now-desert site is that the rocks include layers of ash that hold tiny crystals called zircons. The ...

Mars might hold enough subsurface water to cover its surface in a global ocean between 0.62 to 1.24 miles (1 to 2 kilometers) ...

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

which means the minerals within the rocks are arranged in distinct layers. Their findings, published in Science Advances, suggest that the properties of rocks may contribute equally to the ...

Palaeontologists have discovered 66 three-toed dinosaur footprints in a slab of rock that has been on display for 20 years at ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

But where to start? Our first target was an unusual layer of rocks known as the Antarctic Creek Member, which crops out on ...

New research suggests the violent explosions of dying stars may have caused two of Earth’s biggest mass extinctions millions ...

For this initial test the basalt rocks had their outer layers removed and were cut into slices. Although this is slightly destructive, it leaves plenty of material intact for other kinds of analyses, ...

An ongoing Paleontological Resource Inventory discovered the new species, called Clavusodens mcginnisi, while collecting ...