Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover has taken an unconventional approach to Martian exploration—smooshing a rock to reveal secrets ...

The End-Permian mass extinction killed an estimated 80% of life on Earth, but new research suggests that plants might have ...

"Given how rare such evidence is due to [Earth's] geological recycling processes, this is a major breakthrough in ...

The beginnings of a strange layer of molten rock deep inside the Earth may have finally been figured out by geoscientists.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. A group of scientists has discovered a hidden layer of molten rock under the Earth’s ...

Wind turbine blades will become fossils due to their durable materials. Scientists call these "technofossils." ...

For example, in the rocks exposed in the walls of the Grand Canyon (Figure 1) there are many horizontal layers, which are called strata. The study of strata is called stratigraphy, and using a few ...

The St. George Dinosaur Discovery Site is starting a new dig in an area where dinosaur bones were previously found, and ...

Step aside, Santa Monica. It seems that Mars once had beaches that would give the Californian coast a run for its money.

Over time, the layers are compressed and glued together.Metamorphic rocks are formed from other rocks, igneous or sedimentary, which are heated and compressed underground.Igneous rocks are formed ...