Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Liquid-filled rocks form when minerals trap fluids, but depending on their composition they can either be classed as enhydros ...

A series of rocks hiding around Colorado's Rocky Mountains may hold clues to a frigid period in Earth's past when glaciers several miles thick covered the entire planet.

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than previously thought — and may be a big reason that our planet harbors life.

These silicate minerals are the mineral building blocks of our solar system and are common on Earth, being present in basalt. "Carbonaceous chondrites" are a distinct group. They contain high ...

A Virginia Tech-led team is hunting for dark matter — not with telescopes or particle colliders — but by scrutinizing billion ...

Stephen has a science degree with a major ... Uranium-lead isotopic dating identified the rocks and their injections as 696 ...