From Martian rocks that may hold traces of past life, to fragile asteroids that explode in Earth’s atmosphere, to bold ideas ...

The specimens in the Science History Institute's latest exhibit are spiky, striking and, in some cases, fluorescent. A few are toxic, and at least one is otherworldly. All of them are on permanent ...

Scientists cracked a Martian mystery by finding ferric hydroxysulfate. The mineral shows Mars once had heat and water.

Scientists solve a 15-year Mars mystery, confirming ferric hydroxysulfate formed by volcanic and hydrothermal heating across ...

Minerals in the rock might have been produced by microbes in chemical reactions, but researchers say they’ll need to examine the sample more closely to know for sure ...

There has been much debate among scientists about whether an area deep within the Earth is dry as a rock or sloshing with ...

Microdiamonds have been discovered in two areas of a well, confirming the existence of an extensive kimberlite system of ...

In Earth’s early days, more than 4 billion years ago, the surface was a dangerous and unpredictable place. Violent volcanoes, ...

At the northern edge of Chile’s Atacama Desert sits a pile of rocks that’s so big that you can see it from space—and it’s ...

In this study, researchers investigated dozens of minerals abandoned in waste rocks in mines that could fulfill the country's energy needs.

Now, researchers like Elizabeth Holley, an associate professor of Mining Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines, are ...

At least 50 percent of the electricity demand of Rock Tech's converter in Guben will be supplied directly from new wind and photovoltaic plants operated by ENERTRAG starting in 2030. By using ...