Led by Curtin University geologists Chris Kirkland and Tim Johnson, a research team unearthed this primeval crater beneath ...

New research reveals how rock strength plays a crucial role in erosion, shaping landscapes over millions of years.

At 2.5 billion years old and weighing in at 2.5 tonnes, the banded iron formation is so heavy that Museum engineers had to reinforce the floor underneath it in Hintze Hall. 'The rock tells a ...

Mars has long been seen as a barren wasteland, but a stunning new discovery by NASA’s Perseverance rover suggests the Red ...

To put that in perspective, the Earth is thought to be about 4.5 billion years old, which means these "rocks"—really bacterial biofilms (a sheet of bacteria only a few cells thick)—have been around a ...

The gargantuan Super Heavy first stage booster also ... This time around, the vehicle appeared rock steady as it plunged back to Earth, bathed in super-heated plasma that could be seen engulfing ...

Curiously enough, the crater was exactly where we had hoped it would be, and its discovery supports a theory about the birth of Earth’s first continents. The oldest rocks on Earth formed more ...

Because the lunar samples shared strong similarities with Earth rocks ... a short period of intense pummeling by space rocks called the Late Heavy Bombardment. But research since the 1970s ...

Plants and animals also take a heavy toll on Earth's hardened minerals ... Critters big and small trample, crush, and plow rocks as they scurry across the surface and burrow underground.

The rocks on Earth are constantly changing due to many different processes. There are three main types of rock, with rocks changing between each type over millions of years. This rock recycling is ...