Tag: Geology

A NASA probe has taken a picture of a surprising pie-like geological feature on Mars. Scientists are not yet sure ...

Intricate polygons on Mars could be a clear indication of a wet past for the Red Planet. Most crater floor ...

Hima Hassenruck-Gudipati graduated this year from Caltech. She majored in mechanical engineering but minored in geology and her main area of interest ...

It was about as big as T-Rex, but not quite as fit - new fossils have revealed that Deinocheirus mirificus had quite a ...

A month ago, on May 25, a large mudslide rushed down a Colorado mountain near the town of Collbran covering an ...

Would you believe me if I told you that under this rusty, abandoned metal cap there lies the deepest hole ...

The Grand Canyon is a favorite for tourists all over the world - but if you think it's cool to ...

Artist impression of planetary impact that led to the formation of the moon. photo: NASA A new massive computer model ...

New analyses of NASA airborne radar data collected in 2012 reveal the radar detected indications of a huge sinkhole before ...

Photo: USGS. Ganymede is one of Jupiter's satellites, and the largest moon in our solar system, spanning three-quarter of Mars' ...

Geologists have now found the most compelling evidence of granites on Mars - something which prompts more complex theories about ...

A laudable, ambitious initiative is nearing fruition: the US$90-million Transportable Array, a moveable grid of seismometers that blankets America. Since ...

Rock permeability in the geologic fault that unleashed China's 2008 quake shows that fractures mend quicker than was thought. A ...

Scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego have found a layer of liquefied molten rock in Earth's ...

Geologic maps “Geologic maps are valuable in many ways. They show the areas within which coal, iron, and other useful ...

In these past few decades, the US space program seemed to have significantly overcome the Russian one, with all sort ...

The geek inside was nagging me for quite a while to make a category like this. So, starting today, every ...

Amber is not very common, but you can't say it's really uncommon either. Bugs in amber - that's rare, but ...

Fossil hunters have recently unearthed the fossil remains of a species that can easily claim the title of the horniest ...

The Wave, Arizona Photo by Lobineau. The Wave is an astonishing sandstone formation that fascinates photographers and attracts numerous hikers ...

There are many things we have yet to find out about Saturn, but the Cassini probe has definitely shed some ...

Scientists have for the first time determined the actual permeability of the asthenosphere in Earth's upper mantle, which is basically ...

Boy 2009 passed quite quickly, but it didn't go without a blast, that's for sure ! I'm gonna show you ...

Quartz is a hard mineral consisting of silicon and oxygen. It's one of the most common minerals in the Earth's ...

In 2005, a huge 35 mile rift broke the Ethiopian desert apart and immediately led to geological claims that a ...

Dr. Beverly Goodman of the Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences at the University of Haifa was doing some ...

It seems science and creationism are just taking sides and throwing rocks at each other; recently, they've taken things to ...

Evolution isn't just for living organisms, as scientists the Carnegie Institution found. They found that more than 3000 of the ...

As a proud student in geophysics, I can tell you that opal is hydrated silicon dioxide mineral with many astounding ...

    I'm not fond of alarmist theories or "bad things are happening, fast" attitude, but... bad things are just ...