Asteroids are some of the oldest objects in the solar system: leftovers from the chaotic time when planets were assembling ...

Professor Loren E. Babcock examines the key processes of fossilization in paleontology, highlighting the critical role of ...

A resurrected ancient enzyme is helping scientists test how reliably Earth’s oldest rocks record signs of life.

In the forests of the southeastern United States, dense tree cover dominates most landscapes. That's why the Appalachian Trail is sometimes nicknamed "The Green Tunnel." But avid hikers know that ...

Putting silicate rocks from mine waste on fields could improve crops and limit global warming, but some researchers question where all that rock is going to come from ...

“Our findings suggest that Jupiter’s moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds,” Mousis said. “Instead, they may have accreted, or accumulated, a significant inventory of COMs at birth, ...

Combination unites rigorous science with proven ERW operations, expanding Terradot’s portfolio across the U.S. and Brazil Terradot, an enhanced rock weathering (ERW) carbon removal company, today ...

How can engineers design bricks on Mars for future habitats despite the toxic Martian regolith, also called perchlorates? This is what a recent study published in PLOS One hopes to address as an ...

Millions of years shaped these giant formations in Sri Lanka, now standing as landmarks of nature and culture. Inside an AI start-up’s plan to scan and dispose of millions of books Gold and silver’s ...

Rare rocks buried deep in central Australia have revealed how a valuable niobium deposit formed during the breakup of an ancient supercontinent. More than 800 million years ago, tectonic rifting ...

As a kid, my buddies and I repeatedly watched our VHS copy of Bruce Brown’s The Endless Summer II, the sequel to the iconic original, fantasizing about one day traveling to these exotic waves, ...