The partial vertebra appeared inside a 2.5-inch-diameter column of rock that researchers drilled, earning the title of the ...

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from ...

Microbes have been discovered alive inside 2-billion-year-old rock, offering a rare window into Earth’s deep past. Found in ...

Microbes have been found alive and well inside ancient rock, offering an extraordinary glimpse into Earth's distant past. Researchers studying a 2-billion-year-old rock sample from the Bushveld ...

Scientists using an ocean drilling vessel have dug the deepest hole ever in rock from Earth's mantle - penetrating 4,160 feet (1,268 meters) below the Atlantic seabed - and obtained a large sample ...

The rover took three separate rock core samples from the area; two are sedimentary, while the other is silica-cemented carbonate. “It’s not just interesting for life,” Horgan explains.

Upon obtaining a 30-centimeter-long rock core sample located 15 meters below ground, scientists cut the core into slices to reveal a sample so densely packed with clay that microbes couldn’t ...

And that has meant drilling down thousands of feet and extracting a “core” — a more than 100-foot rock sample that they can analyze in the lab.

NASA is getting excited about a special rock that its Perseverance rover has just scooped up from the surface of Mars.

2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Found Harboring Microbes – And They’re Still Alive The ancient organisms could help us understand the origins of life on Earth, and may also aid the search for life on ...

Pockets of microbes have been found living within a sealed fracture in 2-billion-year-old rock. The rock was excavated from the Bushveld Igneous Complex in South Africa, an area known for its rich ...

The core sample is still being analysed. The researchers made some preliminary findings about its composition and documented a more extensive history of melting – molten rock – than expected.