When a Mars rover accidentally crushed a small rock and exposed a flash of vivid yellow inside, it turned a routine drive ...

Mineral, gem and rock fans of all ages flocked to the Santa Cruz Mineral and Gem Society’s annual Rockin’ Holiday Sale at the ...

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

The federal government is pushing hard to pinpoint domestic sources of rare earth elements and critical minerals ...

Talc reveals a phase of superhydration in cold subduction, demonstrating that the ocean sends more water to the depths of the Earth.

Scientists are intrigued by how gold nuggets form, often tucked in quartz veins. The process seems to involve earthquakes and ...

Matter with “forbidden” symmetries was once thought to be confined to lab experiments, but is now being found in some of the ...

For more than half a century, scientists pictured the Moon as an almost fully reduced world where iron stayed locked in ...

Scientists uncovered a quantum spin liquid, a state of matter that may have applications for quantum information.

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A new study details the loggerheads’ ability to “map” their position by using the Earth’s magnetic field, with possible ...