Curiosity has been exploring a region filled with boxwork formations, which formed billions of years ago when water leaked through rock cracks.

The Great Unconformity is a major gap in Earth's geologic record. The missing layer between Precambrian and Cambrian rocks represents a gap of around a billion years of history. Among much debate ...

Mysterious parallel microtunnels discovered in rock defy geology and could be the work of unknown microscopic ancient life.

Scientists now believe vast water reserves are hidden nearly 400 miles beneath Earth's surface, locked within rock. Lab ...

Scientists at Stanford have unveiled the first-ever global map of rare earthquakes that rumble deep within Earth’s mantle rather than its crust. Long debated and notoriously difficult to confirm, ...

Sediments from Scotland hint that ocean-atmosphere interactions continued more than 600 million years ago despite widespread ice.

First global map of mantle earthquakes reveals seismic activity far beneath continents, challenging old ideas about Earth’s ...

From skating to curling, the thrilling sports of the Winter Olympics have plenty of science behind them. Follow our coverage here to learn more. Athletes often have specialized equipment or apparel to ...

NASA said Thursday that it has selected two missions for continued development under the Earth System Explorers, or ESE, program, which seeks to enable high-quality Earth system science investigations ...

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NASA announced on February 5, 2026, the selection of two next-generation Earth science missions, STRIVE and EDGE, for continued development under its Earth System Explorers Program. These missions aim ...

February 6, 2026 -- A UT San Antonio-led international research team has identified chitin, the primary organic component of modern crab shells and insect exoskeletons, in trilobite fossils more than ...