A weathered sign in the Minnesota River Valley proudly proclaims: “World’s Oldest Rock.” Erected in 1975, it marks a 3.8-billion-year-old gneiss — or so scientists thought.

NASA’s Perseverance rover has recently discovered a remarkable rock on Mars that could potentially rewrite the story of the ...

A new study indicates that Mercury's core-mantle boundary (CMB) may possess a diamond layer that extends up to 18 kilometers ...

The exceptionally thick, 205-mile-deep mantle transition zone beneath the Antilles ranks among the thickest ever observed around the world.

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Perseverance is finding these formerly underground boulders juxtaposed with well-preserved layered rocks that were “born” billions of years ago on what would become the crater’s rim.

Tipping is characterized by the continuous rotation of blocks. The tipping deformations of high and steep hard rock slopes and steeply inclined layered slopes reveal that, under high in situ stress ...

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Seismic mapping of North America has revealed that an ancient slab of crust buried beneath the Midwest is causing the crust ...