Geoscience professor Matthew Kohn and colleagues published an article titled “Himalayan ‘S-type’ granite generated ...

Paleontologists have discovered what is believed to be the oldest stomach stone fossil, dating back approximately 150 million ...

The story involves an inland sea, powerful rivers, the shearing of the Earth’s crust along major fault systems, magmatic ...

And water doesn’t just help melt rocks on Earth, it also helps to stick them together. Sedimentary rocks like sandstones form when preexisting rocks break down into bits that pile up and stick ...

Curiosity was launched in November 2011 and continues to explore Mars. The final image below is of a sedimentary rock formation with a “popcorn” texture, discovered by Perseverance.

Who are the best rock bands for every letter of the alphabet? It's time that we learn our rock 'n' roll ABCs. First off, how difficult is it to name a rock band or solo musician for every letter ...

It features scenes of farmers tilling soil, majestic mountain roads, sedimentary rock formations, and granite and marble quarries. The film also highlights natural phenomena such as volcanic ...

In a recent study in the journal Sedimentologika, for example, researchers documented a new kind of sedimentary rock made from coastal slag deposits in the U.K. This rock follows other formations ...

The village of Chimney Rock has been one of the many places devastated by Tropical Storm Helene. The once-thriving riverside tourist community in Rutherford County now lays under a thick layer of ...

Despite being a notably hard rock, Wauwatosa dolostone can be chiseled to create intricate designs, such as those on the Pfister Hotel in downtown Milwaukee. After being covered by younger rock ...

In hematite-laced sedimentary rocks on Earth, chemical reactions can create similar pale, ringed spots—and these reactions liberate energy that can sustain single-celled organisms within the stone.

The sedimentary rock that eroded from the early Rocky Mountains was deposited in large alluvial fans, and that layer of rock is now called the Fountain Formation. “Forty million years after they ...