Rare earth minerals have become the backbone of modern technology, fueling everything from smartphones and electric vehicles ...

A minor, 3.7-magnitude earthquake struck in Southern California on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey ...

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

Union heavy industries minister H D Kumaraswamy recently announced that the central government will soon launch a Rs 1,345 ...

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. ... “Near Earth Asteroids do not arrive on the same orbits as meteorites, because it takes longer for these to evolve to Earth.” said Jenniskens.

Smith pioneered the science of stratigraphy, helping to map the layers that make up the Earth, and has been called the Father of English Geology. The map served as the basis for all the geological ...

Meteorites: A geologic map of the asteroid belt Knowing from what debris field in the asteroid belt our meteorites originate is important for planetary defense efforts against Near Earth Asteroids.

Scientists agreed the rocky outcrops in a remote part of Quebec, Canada, were ancient. But were they really Earth’s oldest?

Geologic map of the asteroid belt. Circles identify the asteroid families from which our meteorites originate and letters mark the corresponding meteorite type. The horizontal axis ranges from short ...