Rome wasn’t built in a day, but some of Earth’s finest gemstones were, according to new research from Rice University.
Aquamarine, emerald, garnet, zircon and...
Rock samples from northeastern Canada retain chemical signals that help explain what Earth’s crust was like more than 4 billion years ago, reveals new...
"Hello, world!"
A NASA tweet greeted the internet Wednesday with a beautiful image of the bluish gem-like Earth—the first image captured by the newest weather...
A new radioactivity model of Earth’s ancient rocks calls into question current models for the formation of Earth’s continental crust, suggesting continents may have...
A team of international scientists — including researchers at the University of St. Andrews, Syracuse University and Royal Holloway, University of London — has...
A new study, conducted by scientists at The University of New Mexico, found ancient, primordial helium-3 leaking from the Earth's core, suggesting the planet...
New insights gleaned from volcanic rock are helping scientists better understand how our planet evolved billions of years ago.
Studies of basalt, the material that...
In 1996, Joseph W. Ashy, former U.S. commander-in-chief of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, famously said: "We're going to fight in space. We're...
