NASA's Perseverance Mars rover spots a scattering of bizarre bright white pebbles of a mysterious composition and origin.

“McKee marveled at this pivotal geologic period, yet had no knowledge of plate tectonics or global sea level change, and his ...

Geologists found evidence in the way enigmatic sandstones called Tava formed in the Rocky Mountains hundreds of millions of ...

Massive crustal plates shift, creating mountains, earthquakes, and volcanic activity. This process, known as plate tectonics, ...

But to find that complexity, we must take the lessons of the boring billion to heart. Planets are not just a stage on which ...

India and China are neighbors that for centuries have disagreed over certain stretches of their shared borders. Indian commentators now suggest the countries' shared tectonic plates are moving ...

Millions of years ago, a 10,000-foot-tall volcanic cone stood on the Cascade Ridge near Chinook Pass. Today, Fife’s Peaks are ...

Geoscientists employed current-day stratigraphic, depositional and paleontological models, along with modern technological muscle to provide updated insights of the Cambrian period of the Grand Canyon ...

Emerging evidence suggests that plate tectonics, or the recycling of Earth's crust, may have begun much earlier than ...

Australian Earth Science Education will engage local high school students through a series of hands-on workshops next week.