Sparkling diamonds and verdant emeralds are some of the most coveted and priciest gemstones. But which precious stones are rarer: diamonds or emeralds? In terms of total known deposits, emeralds are ...
The name "Black Hills" is a translation of the Lakota phrase "Lakota Pahá Sápa". The reason they named them that? It's was ...
An unexpected detour revealed a treasure trove of blue boulders on the Red Planet in an ancient river channel.
US researchers have started studying hydrogen formation in the Midcontinent Rift in the United States, while Dutch scientists ...
Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions ...
Another earthquake in West Texas could be felt roughly 70 miles away. The 3.5 Magnitude earthquake is the latest in a series ...
An Eastern Illinois University professor and NASA contractor is researching Venus from EIU’s backyard.  Geology professor ...
A new community-based flood insurance pilot program in the Sacramento River Delta hopes to more quickly connect residents ...
MILAN — After collecting the first-ever samples from the far side of the moon, China is now setting its sights on even more distant destinations — Mars, asteroids and Jupiter, positioning itself as a ...
On present-day Earth, plate subduction continuously modifies the chemical composition of the convecting mantle, and various ...
A Stanford study challenges the expectation of large sediment deposits from a 34-million-year-old climate shift, finding ...
Geologists can use cosmic rays from outer space to piece together the timing of past geologic events, like volcanic eruptions and glaciations. But how does this work? It turns out that rocks, like ...