We have discovered the oldest meteorite impact crater on Earth, in the very heart of the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

One way to find water worlds beyond our solar system could be to look for minerals — or more specifically, to study minerals mixed with cool lava on exoplanet surfaces. This is because if water ...

The Oregon Badlands is the strangest wilderness in Oregon, with no mountains, lakes or streams. This desert landscape east of ...

“And the lavas did something that no other lava flows on Earth have done. Geologists call it differentiated: The rock changed its composition.” Rose says in the middle of the Keweenaw basalt ...

Within the next decade, space agencies plan to bring samples of rock from Mars to Earth for study. Of concern is the possibility these samples contain life, which could have unforeseen consequences.

These beaches form over time by the erosion of volcanic materials such as lava fragments, basalt rocks or other minerals – combined with the ebb and flow of the ocean's tide. Several of these ...

Lava flowed across the land and as it cooled ... The Giant’s Causeway is a coastal area with basalt rocks that look like columns. It was created by a volcano. Many plants and animals live ...

The Antarctic Creek Member is only 20 metres or so in thickness, and mostly comprises sedimentary rocks that are sandwiched between several kilometres of dark, basaltic lava. However, it also ...