In a new paper, Jordan Jensen and Alexis Ault introduce a new forensic tool designed to enhance our understanding of how ...

The Guinness World Record for the oldest Earth rock is currently held by the Nuvvuagittuq greenstone belt, which is listed as ...

Scientists use martite crystals to date Earth's missing rock record, revealing parts of the Great Unconformity formed 1.4 billion years ago—rewriting geology.

It was a respectable tenure, but the world’s oldest known meteorite site is no longer western Australia’s 2.2 billion-year-old, 43-mile-wide Yarrabubba crater. Researchers at Curtin University ...

From brilliant blues to fiery reds, discover how nature crafts diamonds in every color, and why some shades are rarer than ...

of Earth's geologic history. "Understanding the whiffs is critical for constraining the timing of the emergence of photosynthetic microorganisms. The occurrences are inferred from concentrations ...

A U.S. Geological Survey effort to find underground deposits of clean energy metals has gotten bipartisan support.

Earthquakes are among the most formidable natural disasters, striking with little warning and causing widespread devastation.

We know more about the Moon’s surface than Earth’s ocean floor — but that’s changing fast. A NASA-supported team used a ...

Creating the right kind of numerical model to simulate the complex cycles and behavior of the late Archean was difficult, but researchers succeeded and were able to gain invaluable insights into Earth ...

Two NASA rovers on Mars recently made two independent discoveries further indicating that ancient life may have once existed ...

of Earth's geologic history. They found that large-scale volcanic activity increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, thereby warming the climate, and increased nutrient supply to the ocean ...