After an interstellar asteroid shot past the sun, scientists realized that there’s probably a lot of itinerant rocks out there. Those stones are changing what we know about the birth of solar systems.

If you’ve ever studied geography, looked at fossils in a museum, or even looked up at a craggy cliffside or a steep mountain, you’ll know that rocks usually take millions of years to form. However, ...

Exploration and production companies should target traps above Potwar basin’s Lockhart formation to increase oil and gas production. Source-rock sedimentology for Potwar basin, host to most of ...

Cratons (from the Greek “power” or “might”) are the areas of the oldest continental crust on Earth that are preserved only in several places on our planet. According to scientists, the Kaapvaal Craton ...

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' ...

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 ...

Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and specializes in reporting on health, medicine, and genetics. Maddy has a degree in biochemistry from the University of York and ...