If you’ve ever studied geography, looked at fossils in a museum, or even looked up at a craggy cliffside or a steep mountain, you’ll know that rocks usually take millions of years to form. However, ...

Crystals hidden in Australia’s oldest rocks have revealed new clues about how Earth and the Moon formed. The study suggests ...

After an interstellar asteroid shot past the sun, scientists realized that there’s probably a lot of itinerant rocks out there. Those stones are changing what we know about the birth of solar systems.

The Earth’s ancient continents were not fixed but drifted slowly over millions of years. This movement reshaped oceans and mountain ranges. By studying magnetic minerals in rocks, scientists can trace ...

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Natural erosion finally took its toll on Darwin's Arch, a famous rock formation off the coast of the remote Galápagos Islands, forcing the top of the archway to collapse into the Pacific Ocean on ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: David Hutt via Alamy An obscure rock formation on the eastern shore of Canada's Hudson ...

Exploration and production companies should target traps above Potwar basin’s Lockhart formation to increase oil and gas production. Source-rock sedimentology for Potwar basin, host to most of ...

Let's be very clear: No one is suggesting that Martians feast on pasta during a Red Planet all-you-can-eat buffet. But if scientists find a type of rock on Mars that looks a bit like fettuccine, it ...