Tucked away in Huntingdon County, Trough Creek State Park showcases rock formations so uniquely spectacular that geologists get misty-eyed just thinking about them, yet somehow this 541-acre ...

Surfers are used to getting mouthfuls of saltwater.

Lowell Observatory Historian Kevin Schindler runs a detective story at the Grand Canyon to recreate a famous photo of Neil ...

Abigail Chobany, a master's student in the University of Nevada, Reno’s Department of Geological Sciences and Engineering, ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

In northern Quebec, an exceptional geological formation spans across time. Researchers have just confirmed that these stones, ...

A new dinosaur species unearthed from the famed Morrison Formation in Colorado has been identified, according to a journal ...

NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

By confirming the age of these rocks, and that they might just be the oldest rocks on Earth, we’re finally opening the door ...

The gold standard for determining the age of ancient rocks is measuring the radioactive decay of isotopes of uranium into lead in minerals known as zircons. But not all rocks contain zircons, so ...

In 2008 scientists reported that rocks in Canada were the world’s oldest. New data appear to confirm this contested claim ...

It only took Ed Albin a few steps on Sunday to spot it as he wandered onto an empty construction site in Henry County, about ...