When a NASA rover rolls up to a rock that does not match anything around it, planetary scientists pay attention. The latest ...

The Perseverance rover has stumbled onto a Martian rock that looks nothing like the weathered stones around it, a solitary ...

UB earth sciences students develop valuable fieldwork skills during a trip to New Hampshire to study igneous rocks and ...

The Eye of Sahara (Richat Structure) is a 40km geological dome in Mauritania, formed by uplift and erosion. It is visible ...

In Eagle County, many of us spend our time looking up toward mountain peaks, sunsets, or circling hawks, but some of the most ...

Scientists suspect iron meteorites might be able to resist erosion on Mars, which may explain why some appear perched on flat ground rather than embedded in craters. In other cases, a crater may have ...

Comet Lithium discovers a new lithium-rich vein in Quebec. The find could boost North American production of battery metals.

A new lithium deposits has been discovered near Paamiut, Greenland, reinforcing the Arctic's mining potential for electric ...

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In the last edition of our ongoing series on how planets get ore– those wonderful rocks rich in industrial minerals worth mining– we started talking about hydrothermal fluid deposits. Hydrothermal ...

For the uninitiated, it will look like a crisis. For the faithful, it will be the moment of inevitable triumph. At some point this weekend, if all goes to plan, the lights of Citizens Bank Park will ...

ABSTRACT: Located southeast of the city of Ngaoundéré (Adamawa Plateau) within the continental section of the Cameroon Volcanic Line (CVL), the village of Dibi has been the scene of numerous volcanic ...