Some of Earth's oldest rocks buried deep in Western Australia may hold new clues about the dramatic event that gave rise to ...

A discovery of ancient rocks might finally answer one of the biggest questions in science: how did the Moon form? Researchers ...

Scientists say they have solved the mystery of the eerily balanced “Zen stones” that perch on pillars of ice on Siberia’s ...

One player noticed the shift in the Wailing Woods rock formation’s pose and shared evidence of the movement on Reddit. The image to the left shows the rock formation as players who have landed around ...

Let's be very clear: No one is suggesting that Martians feast on pasta during a Red Planet all-you-can-eat buffet. But if scientists find a type of rock on Mars that looks a bit like fettuccine, it ...

An astonishing new rock formation has been revealed in the Colorado Rockies, and it exists in a deeply perplexing relationship with older rocks. Named the Tava sandstone, this sedimentary rock forms ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a new study finds. The new finding could add to scientists' ...

The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to countless collisions between dust particles, asteroids, and other growing ...

A signature rock formation that hung above the Gorge Trail at Taughannock Falls State Park is now gone. About 1,000 tons of rocks fell onto and across the trail after the formation was intentionally ...

The rock cycle naturally takes thousands to millions of years, but scientists just identified a new form of rock that cements in under four decades. Researchers believe the natural cements found in ...