Curiosity rover finds that its landing crater on Mars could have been habitable for 700 million years
We don't know whether Mars held life... but there's certainly a lot of potential.
Tag: Geology
The main types of mountains — Earth’s ups and downs
Let's talk some mountains.
Geological deposits hint at ancient ocean on Mars’ surface
Can't have a devastating water wave without water!
Bizarre life forms found living in Mexican crystals
Geologists have made a shocking discovery in a crystal-rich cave in Mexico.
Paleontologists find 6.2 million year old wolf-sized otter
It was adorable, but also terrifying.
Watch all the volcanoes and earthquakes since 1960 hit around the world in one app
A stunning app put together by Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Project.
Newly-discovered fault in San Andreas may explain geologic mysteries
It might be a good thing... but we're not sure yet.
What are tsunamis and how they form
Most waves form due to winds or tides, but tsunamis have a different cause altogether.
What is Gondwana: the supercontinent
This is the story of the last in a breed of geological titans, a supercontinent we named Gondwana.
Scientists believe humans have started a new geological epoch: the Anthropocene
It's a new time -- geologically speaking, at least.
Beautiful Kinetic Artwork Sorts River Stones by Age
Fulfilling the job that scientists and unlucky undergrads have been doing for years, the kinetic machine Jller selects and sorts pebbles found ...
You can now travel in time and see how Earth’s geology changed
How did South America slot next to Africa? Where was my country a billion years ago?
GeoPicture of the Week: The Moon’s Geology
It's absolutely baffling that we've reached a level where we can not only study the geology of the Earth, but ...
If there’s anything that marks humanity’s brief time on Earth, it’s plastic
Before WWII, there weren't that many plastics around. Today, we use so much that we could literally plaster the planet ...
Scientists reveal the first ever digital geologic map of Alaska
Scientists working at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) have released the first ever digital geologic map of Alaska.
This is the biggest sapphire in the world
Gemologists working in Colombo, Sri Lanka, have confirmed the finding of the largest sapphire in the world.
New Horizons images suggest Pluto is geologically active
NASA released a stunningly colorful new image of the dwarf planet Pluto, the latest in a series of images that ...
A new, beautifully detailed geological map of Mars
Geological maps can be awesome here on Earth, but when we have geological maps of extraterrestrial bodies... that's when we ...
Cuban Oil and American Détente
Havana lawyer, Dr Fidel Castro, in Washington DC, 1959. (Wikipedia) Besides sunshine and sugar cane, what has Cuba got? It ...