Researchers have found new evidence for a massive subsurface ocean on Mars, highlighting the possibility of microbial life ...

NASA’s Perseverance rover found pale rocks containing kaolinite on Mars, a mineral that forms in warm, wet conditions.

Martian Rock Analysis Reveals the Planet Had 'Secret Ingredient' That Was Ideal for Starting Life Planet Mars has always been ...

The FNX story is well-known in Sudbury mining circles. A junior miner whose share value was under a dollar per unit in the early 2000s purchased a number of non-core assets from the old Inco Ltd. (now ...

Here on Earth, spinel is a magnesium aluminum gemstone. How the spinel got into the kaolinite rocks is unknown, but the researchers believe it is an aluminum-rich type that can form in both igneous ...

Ground-penetrating radar data obtained by China’s Zhurong rover has revealed buried beneath the Martian surface evidence of ...

In the desert areas of Namibia, Oman, and Saudi Arabia, research work has revealed unusual structures that are probably due ...

For years, social media users have shared images and videos they claimed show Elephant Rock, a naturally formed geological ...

The intriguing chemistry of a rock collected by the Perseverance rover could trace to microbial activity—or not ...

At the underwater archaeology site of Gran Carro di Bolsena in Aiola, Italy, divers found an ancient clay figurine pegged to ...

Between 18,000 and 11,000 years ago, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere suddenly shot up. This caused rapid ...

A few years ago, advances in analytical approaches to studying fossils prompted researchers to become more interested in the ...