NASA's Perseverance rover is digging deeper into Mars' geologic past as it begins grinding into rock surfaces to expose ...

The highest volcano in the world is Cerro Ojos del Salado. It is a stratovolcano in South America’s Central Volcanic Zone, reaching an impressive 6893 meters above sea level (or at least above ...

The discovery of a new lifeform within Earth’s crust has sent ripples through the scientific community, challenging our ...

Yet some regions are far enough from tectonic plate boundaries to contain rocks that have remained unchanged for billions of ...

Most meteorites that have reached Earth come from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. But we have 1,000 or so ...

Scientists reveal that earthquakes generate electricity in quartz, explaining how enormous gold nuggets grow in deep rock ...

As the planet closest to the Sun, Mercury has it rough. Not only is it the smallest planet in our solar system, but Mercury's ...

Thick clay deposits on Mars hint at long-lived lakes that may have sheltered early life - and preserved clues beneath layers ...

On a clear night, the moon you gaze upon looks the same as it looked for the first humans that walked Earth—the same ...

Beneath Turkey, Earth’s crust is dripping into the mantle in a rare event called lithospheric dripping—hinting at a slow, internal planetary collapse that could change geology forever.

For years, scientists have puzzled over why Earth and Mars are missing certain key elements. Now, a fresh study suggests ...

Why we explore Mars—and what decades of missions have revealed. In the 1960s, humans set out to discover what the red planet has to teach us. Now, NASA is hoping to land the first humans on Mars ...