An expedition to a deep-sea ridge, just north of the Hawaiian Islands, revealed a surprise discovery back in 2022: an ancient ...

The petroglyphs can be found on volcanic tuff formations formed over 760,000 years ago when a large eruption released hot ash ...

A new look at an ancient eruption at Campi Flegrei raises new questions about the propensity of the still-active volcano, ...

Tephra is a general term for fragments of volcanic rock and lava that are blasted ... a large elongated fissure or fracture (as seen on the diagram above) or a tiny ground crack.

A rock on Mars spilled a surprising yellow treasure after Curiosity accidentally cracked through its unremarkable exterior. When the rover rolled its 899-kilogram (1,982-pound) body over the rock in ...

Martian dust is mostly rust. Mars’s famed color has captivated humankind for centuries, earning its nickname of the ‘Red Planet’. Romans named Mars for their god of war because its colour was ...

Rare Metal The metal iridium, which is similar to platinum, is very rare on Earth's surface but is more common in asteroids and in molten rock ... large-scale volcanic activity. Fractured Crystals ...

A team of scientists from the School of Earth Sciences and Engineering at Tomsk Polytechnic University has conducted a comprehensive study on secondary minerals, carbonates, and zeolites present in ...