New Curtin-led research has revealed that water played a far bigger role than previously thought in shaping Earth's first continents, transforming the planet's early crust and helping to build the ...

A group of comets with unexplained movements presents a quandary D avide Farnocchia hunts down and tracks asteroids, and several years ago he saw something he couldn’t explain. Farnocchia works at ...

Perseverance explores Jezero Crater’s rim, uncovering diverse rocks that reveal Mars’ ancient geology and possible signs of ...

The International Mineralogical Association (IMA) has officially recognised a new mineral – ehrigite – named after BHP ...

In a groundbreaking discovery, scientists have identified a phenomenon they're calling "dark oxygen" — oxygen produced without any sunlight — 4,000 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean in the ...

Trump’s obsession with rare earth minerals makes sense when you understand their role in modern military technology ...

Geologist Minik Rosing refutes claims from the Trump administration about untapped mineral riches in Greenland. The U.S.

Earth's oceans could one day turn purple. Nearly three fourths of Earth is covered by oceans, making the planet look like a ...

Dark oxygen discovered in the Clarion-Clipperton Zone The post Dark Oxygen Discovered: A Game-Changer in Deep-Sea Science ...

A new study finds that Arabia was once a green corridor of rivers and lakes, enabling animal and human migration between Africa and Eurasia over the past 8 million years. A new study published in ...

Some of the unusual rocks carry stories about water on Mars. One has hints of long-gone microbes. All tell of a dynamic, complex planet.

Scattered across an abyssal plain known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ) are polymetallic nodules that are a potato-sized ...