Almost a century ago, a meteorite turned up in a drawer at Purdue University. By the university’s own account, how it got ...

Now, Suzuki and his colleagues have pushed that record back by nearly 2 billion years. They obtained a 30-centimetre rock core from 15 metres below the surface of the Bushveld Igneous Complex in north ...

With our ideas of volcanoes we always associate the grand and the terrible ; and a volcanic eruption—a huge piece of artillery, with a mouth perhaps miles in circumference, shooting up rocks and ...

Scientists have calculated the Earth to be 4.54 billion years old, with an uncertainty of 50 million years on either side.

Manning Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce that it has contracted the driller for the upcoming exploration program at the Copper Hill Project, Nevada, USA. Boart Longyear of Salt Lake City, Utah, ...

The rock comes from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in northeastern South Africa, according to the team’s Oct. 2 announcement. The unique geological formation came into existence 2 billion years ...

"We think the water came from the melting of nearby sub-surface ice called permafrost, and that the permafrost melting was ...

By Aislinn Sarnacki, Bangor Daily News Staff Deep in the forest near my house, massive boulders lie scattered along a hill, ...

Petrology is the study of the macroscopic and microscopic mineralogical and chemical composition of rocks. In addition to assessing sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks that are accessible ...

Shares of Super Micro Computer (SMCI) are in deeply oversold territory as RSI indicator signals warning signs.

New research has revealed an opportunity to re-establish the Scottish building stone market to maintain the country’s historic buildings.