A tectonic clash in Tibet formed giant copper deposits, revealing how recycled crust can power clean energy and reshape ...

In the state of Oregon, the Painted Hills offer a quieter but no less fascinating example of natural colour layering. The ...

A new study has revealed the fascinating origins of some of the world’s largest copper deposits, located in the Gangdese Belt ...

Might sinuous ridges carved out across the ancient highlands of Mars hold the secret to a vanished age of rivers and rain on the Red Planet? Over 15,000 kilometers of such fluvial sinuous ridges, or ...

One study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammal fossils from the Turkana Basin in Kenya, and the other study is of enamel proteins from extinct mammals in the Haughton impact crater site located ...

Strange cone-shaped rocks led scientists to the hidden remains of one of Earth’s oldest asteroid impacts. It could help us find fossil life on Mars.

Colossal volcanic eruptions like the kind that may have obliterated the dinosaurs more than 65 million years ago are caused ...

Antarctica may seem pristine and almost devoid of life, but there's plenty of chemistry going on. Victoria Atkinson explains ...

Earth formed about 4.6 billion years ago, during the geological eon known as the Hadean. The name "Hadean" comes from the ...

Normally, younger rocks are deposited above older ones, forming predictable geologic layers. In the North Sea, this process ...

Something strange happens to water as it moves through the stems of horsetail plants – and this unique process provides ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...